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    Did Lewis and Clark bring along an air rifle with them on their expedition across America?

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    Have you ever watched the TV series Pumpkin Chunkers? Some of those air cannons will send a pumpkin through the side of a work van and knock the doors open coming out the other side. I forget the distance, but that's not bad considering the ammunition is a vegetable.
    leeroy

    Yes, a few times, never the entire show though. It was pretty cool.
    Louis and Clark had flintlock riffles and the native American guides had bow and arrow's
    whovin

    Thank you for the thumb ups
    I heard they had a red rider along with them.
    I doubt they had BB guns at that time.Lol.
    Shootah

    Believe it or not Leeroy, they actually had a .50 caliber air rifle along with them, and it is in a museum today. If I hadn't saw the pictures of it, and the source of the information was at all questionable, I would have thought it was a joke. But, they really did have one with them. It probably took them quite awhile to build up enough pressure to make it work...but, it's a fact.
    leeroy

    Very interesting, thanks!


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