Mongo
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Article from the April/May 2000 edition of "Muzzleloader". Took two years to be published. I have some additional information, and some corrections to the article. For instance, Larry Janoff's rifle is not s/n 14, it's a three digit s/n (14X); photos showing the discrepancy were supplied by Michael Carrick a few years ago.
Serial number 15 was discussed with Jess Melot prior to going to print, but that was back in 1998 and I referenced his M1803 drawing, which detailed s/n 15 and 94. Regardless, info on the air rifle is not correct; the individual who claims that he owns the rifle used on the expedition has made some rather bizarre claims in the past, and that at least two or more such rifles he owns (which all differed) were used on the expedition. There is tons of info on the contract long rifles, I may transcribe those papers and submit an article for future publication.
I had a previous article which touched on the short rifles, portable soup, tinned cannisters, iron frame boat, etc., in a 1998 edition of "On The Trail" magazine.
Serial number 15 was discussed with Jess Melot prior to going to print, but that was back in 1998 and I referenced his M1803 drawing, which detailed s/n 15 and 94. Regardless, info on the air rifle is not correct; the individual who claims that he owns the rifle used on the expedition has made some rather bizarre claims in the past, and that at least two or more such rifles he owns (which all differed) were used on the expedition. There is tons of info on the contract long rifles, I may transcribe those papers and submit an article for future publication.
I had a previous article which touched on the short rifles, portable soup, tinned cannisters, iron frame boat, etc., in a 1998 edition of "On The Trail" magazine.