Air gun from the early nineteenth century

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Wow that is amazing! Thanks for posting it Tom. The one thing the clip did not address was how they got the air tank in the butt pressurized.
 
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AdamZ said:
Wow that is amazing! Thanks for posting it Tom. The one thing the clip did not address was how they got the air tank in the butt pressurized.
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He said 1500 pumps of the air pump. to get 800 PSI.
 
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AdamZ said:
Wow that is amazing! Thanks for posting it Tom. The one thing the clip did not address was how they got the air tank in the butt pressurized.
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Early in the clip he mentions it takes about 1500 strokes of a bicycle-type pump to charge the gun. Good thing you could fire 40 times before having to recharge.
 
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Witmo said:
Early in the clip he mentions it takes about 1500 strokes of a bicycle-type pump to charge the gun. Good thing you could fire 40 times before having to recharge.
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That first shot at 800 PSI might do some real damage, but I wonder about the last?
 
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Tom-D said:
That first shot at 800 PSI might do some real damage, but I wonder about the last?
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It falls on the indian's foot just before he scalps you. :thumbsup:

In 1805 that would be the equivalent of bringing a machine gun to a gun fight while seriously outnumbered. They'll get you eventually however you only have to pop off 4 or 5 rounds real quick as a demonstration then ask who wants to be the 20 to die before they get you. In a group of 500 non suicidal people when you have 20 rounds left, not a one of those 500 people are going to step in front of your barrel and say shoot me. Mob control at it's best.

It's a very interesting gun though.
 
Tom-D said:
He said 1500 pumps of the air pump. to get 800 PSI.
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Witmo said:
Early in the clip he mentions it takes about 1500 strokes of a bicycle-type pump to charge the gun. Good thing you could fire 40 times before having to recharge.
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Yeah I heard that but I thought he was just giving us a modern day bench mark against which to measure.

Man those pumps between 1400 and 1500 have to be a real bear.
 
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