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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:38:06 -0500, "Buerste"
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:38:23 -0800, "Stupendous Man"
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I should soon be recieving a barely used Armalite AR-7. These worth
much?
I
know the Charter Arms were prone to jamming. 20 years ago I
returned mine
within a week and got a Ruger 10-22
I have ah...several.....with good magazines and a ramp job, they
work
well enough. You need to polish and form the ramp a bit.
They average about $200-250 here in California, when you can find
one
these days. Ive got the black, brown and green ones in my tiny
collection
Gunner
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit
the
government's ability to govern the people,
we should look to limit those guarantees."
Bill Clinton 1993-08-12
Just how many firearms do you have? (don't answer that!)
"Several"
How many more will be "enough"?
No such word when discussing firearms.
Does your thumb look like a hot-dog from loading mags?
Nope...but has a pretty good callous.
Gunner
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the
government's ability to govern the people,
we should look to limit those guarantees."
Bill Clinton 1993-08-12
I figure, just---one---more! I'm thinking a Punt Gun.
There's a museum on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Easton? Cambridge?)
that has three or four punt guns. They all have names, which they were
given 150 years ago or so.
Have you ever been up close to one of those suckers? The barrel looks
like the sewer pipe in my basement, only prettier. Despite the fact
that the buttstock looks like it goes against your shoulder, if you
tried, your arm would wind up in the next county.
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Ed Huntress
So, do you think alcohol was involved in the design?
Of course. And how would you spend a cold day laying down in an open
punt, by yourself, with one shot in your gun, if you didn't have alcohol?
That's not entertainment.
It's like a story I read about a NASCAR driver in the old days, maybe 35
years ago, who was getting his first drive. "What?" he asked. "You expect
me to drive 500 miles without a radio?"
If you didn't see this, here is a Maryland-style punt gun. They had a
*lot* of ducks in the old days, and ready markets for them in Baltimore
and Philadelphia:
http://www.bluerockheritage.com/tom_...e_punt_gun.htm
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Ed Huntress
Now you know why I want one! It'll be my LAST gun, I promise! Maybe I
should build one, any plans available? How about semi-automatic?
First off, the feds put them in the "dangerous device" category, or whatever
it's called, because of the bore size. I think. Maybe that just applies to
rifles, but you should check with someone who knows. If it is in that
category, it's handled like a machine gun under federal law. And check with
your state.
Regarding plans, jeez, it's just a muzzleloading, single-barrel shotgun. You
don' need no steenking plans. Just be sure you understand the difference
between the lock dynamics used for external-lock cartridge shotguns and
those designed for percussion-cap guns. The first bounce. The second lock
when they reach the end of their stroke.
Some enthusiasts in the UK make replicas (yes, they were legal there long
after they had been outlawed in the US). Or they did, back in the '80s. Good
luck finding them.
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Ed Huntress