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rampa_room_artillery
10-12-2008, 04:37 PM
I have come across this gun and was wondering does anyone have prints for this gun or know where one is located at so I can get dimensions off of it? would it be aproved to shoot off of a praire carriage?

2.9-inch Blakely rifle, Type 10. Total length, 36.45 inches; maker, unknown; rifling, 6-groove sawtooth, right-hand twist; weight, 197 pounds (per scale); known survivors, 3, one of which is marked "BLAKELEY(sic)/LONDON." Little is known of these except for the presence of the survivors.

rick bryan
3rd va co B
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