While this advancement in firearms technology is certainly impressive, your humble scribe here at Sonnet 116 prefers a more traditional approach to gunmaking, the artistry of combining talent, wood and steel, to wit:
The above specimen is a Dakota Model 10, but New Zealand armsmaker Soroka has similarly worthy (and not inexpensive) offerings. Of course, the closest I come to owning such a work of art is a rather pedestrian Ruger #1, utilizing the same Farquharson falling block design.
Nonetheless, I am not unmoved by Mr. Crane's fascination of rapid-fire technology. In fact, I would love to own one of these:
How I love the .45/70!
4 comments:
You could shoot alot of poodles with that!
I think that was Mr. Gatling's design objective - there were a lot of rampant poodles menacing the American west back in the day...
Illegal poodles are going to be the demise of our country.
Oui! Blame it on ze French...
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