Comments on: Only dropped once http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:34:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tam http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225446 Tam Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:44:07 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225446 They had one of the .22's in for work at CCA last time I was down. I was all ate up with gun lust. They had one of the .22’s in for work at CCA last time I was down. I was all ate up with gun lust.

]]> By: David H. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225433 David H. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:22:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225433 Hey, I've got one of those! In .22 LR, no less. (Factory job; the French did a bunch in .22 for use as training rifles.) Hey, I’ve got one of those! In .22 LR, no less. (Factory job; the French did a bunch in .22 for use as training rifles.)

]]> By: Tam http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225424 Tam Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225424 Well, it was too late for the Franco-Prussian war, which was fought with its very similar predecessor, the Chassepot rifle, and was replaced in the late 1880s by the Lebel, which was the first smokeless powder magazine-fed rifle ever issued (the US Army was using "trapdoor" Springfields at the time), so most of the combat seen by the Gras was in French colonies in Africa ans Asia in the pre-WWI period. Well, it was too late for the Franco-Prussian war, which was fought with its very similar predecessor, the Chassepot rifle, and was replaced in the late 1880s by the Lebel, which was the first smokeless powder magazine-fed rifle ever issued (the US Army was using “trapdoor” Springfields at the time), so most of the combat seen by the Gras was in French colonies in Africa ans Asia in the pre-WWI period.

]]> By: FatWhiteMan http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225414 FatWhiteMan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:31:35 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225414 I really wouldn't refer to any rifle made after 1880 as "ancient" or an "artefact". Of course, a French rifle used in actual combat might be considered very rare at least. I really wouldn’t refer to any rifle made after 1880 as “ancient” or an “artefact”.

Of course, a French rifle used in actual combat might be considered very rare at least.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225409 SayUncle Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:21:57 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225409 Probably rare in the UK. Probably rare in the UK.

]]> By: Tam http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/07/29/only-dropped-once/comment-page-1/#comment-225407 Tam Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:19:13 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=27579#comment-225407 Not that rare. I bought mine at a gun show in Knoxville. Not that rare. I bought mine at a gun show in Knoxville.

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