Lewis & Clark Expedition Rifle?

[CoyoteJoe]

The thing I find most interesting about that air gun is how modern day writers assume that it was nearly silent. They get that notion from shooting Daisy and Crossman air guns which make very little noise but which also produce very little power. Actually, for any given level of ballistic performance, an air gun makes more noise than a powder gun. Our Crossman pneumatics produce only a fraction of the energy of a .22 short which, from a rifle, makes less noise than the air gun. I seem to recall that the air gun in question had a velocity of less than 1000 fps, made only a loud pop, but a .45 Ml loaded down to subsonic velocity would also make only a loud pop.

 

[faw3]

Ya I et that tank hurt a bunchwhat was it 700 psi, how would one find a repro L&C air gun?? FRED :hatsoff:

 

[faw3]

Ya I shot one of the 9mm's with the Britsh sound suppresor and it still wasnt really "no can hear" dont know why the ATF even belives they are silencers even in name only? :youcrazy: Fred :hatsoff:

 

[RC]

well i seen an shot the repro at the eastern a few years back.. the guys that made it had actually taken apart the original! great story..could not believe they let us shoot it! can't even imagine what the cost of a repro would be..the hours invested my golly you have to hit powerball to afford the labor.. sure glad them guys put all that time into it.. :thumbsup:

 

[faw3]

From what I read in the story it was a lot of hand work mostly hand work..i'd guess 4,000 I saw one that the L+C rifle was a copy from of a copy for that 2 yrs ago. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[RC]

almost forgot,,besides the gun,the did the "bag" too,had all the tools in it xtra air tank and pump,think if memory serves you had to pump 2500 times to fill airtank! (york could'atold fer sure!) oh yea, the "bag"...weighed 16 lbs!

 

[faw3]

And still he I.D. of the air rifle was from a home made , well camp made part, and it seems that air gun saved them more than once. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[RC]

yup, while way i heerd it was two parts,,one bein the mainspring made from a file,,the other bein front of stock was american walnut and back was european walnut,,,guess they broke the stock when a boat capsized..i'd go listen to the show again if i could! was awesome interestin! :thumbsup:

 

[cable]

i have talked to the gunsmith making the exact repro, he is in pennsylvania, i beleive; the rifle is approx 25,000.00 [yes that is the correct amount of zeros] and the bag with accoutrements, including extra buttstock air reservois, is approx 5000.00 more. sighhhh, i want one, but the resulting divorce would cost way more than that!