Hunting small game on public land

[TMG51]

Lewis and Clark carried a .46 caliber air rifle. It was one used by the Austrian Army for 35 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle

Guy

That's neat. I had no idea lager caliber air rifles existed back then. The article says 30 shots on one tank, I find that a bit hard to believe... still cool though.

 

[highdesertranger]

remember ALL birds are edible. however the term eating crow comes to mind. highdesertranger

 

[Travelmonkey]

Lewis and Clark carried a .46 caliber air rifle. It was one used by the Austrian Army for 35 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_air_rifle

Guy

Interesting.  It looks like this air rifle has about the same power as a modern .22 going 1200 ft/sec.  I wonder how they performed in combat.