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   Bill Shatzer to gatt   
   Re: WTH?!--Oregon megabeetle sighting   
   11 Jul 06 21:50:58   
   
   XPost: or.politics, or.general   
   From: bshatzerNO@comcast.net   
      
   gatt wrote:   
      
   > "Don Homuth"  wrote in message   
   > news:sq96b2dba390d8glksperchbna0ufthhcv@4ax.com...   
      
   >>The most obvious anachronism in dusters was the use of late-model   
   >>Colts, when the earlier Navy and Army percussion models would have   
   >>been the more obvious choice.   
      
   > I've got a Navy Model 1861, but only one cylinder.  Not exactly a speed   
   > loader.  Saw one chain-fire in the cylinder one time when it was just loaded   
   > with powder.  I've been kinda nervous about shooting it since.   
      
   I do hope this is a reproduction Navy Colt and not an original.   
      
   An original really shouldn't be fired at all.   
      
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