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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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2. Compressed air did become a firearm-equivalent propellant, in the 1700s.

Reply to JonathanRackham (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 9, 2016, 12:03 AM

Sep 2016

Lewis and Clark carried a military-style precharged airgun with a 20-round capacity on their famous exploratory mission, during the administration of Thomas Jefferson. Its was a .46 caliber, with power comparable to a modern .45 ACP, IIRC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle

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Gun powder was necessary for building. JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #1

Compressed air did become a firearm-equivalent propellant, in the 1700s. benEzra Sep 2016 #2