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Re: The History of the 'Try Gun' Salopian #580020 09/16/20 09:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS Drew Hause Sidelock
Drew Hause Sidelock Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,758 Likes: 460 AZ but dreaming of KS	This is the first reference I could find in Greener's books; "a dummy try gun" The Breechloader and How to Use It, 1893 https://books.google.com/books?id=LdE1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA94&vq No mention in The Gun and Its Development: With Notes on Shooting 1885 http://books.google.com/books?id=LAsAAAAAQAAJ nor in Modern Shotguns 1891 http://books.google.com/books?id=FW8CAAAAYAAJ https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/12/20 01:15 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Steve Helsley	09/12/20 02:02 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Daryl Hallquist	09/12/20 02:12 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Steve Nash	09/13/20 02:17 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Walter C. Snyder	09/13/20 03:39 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Imperdix	09/13/20 05:11 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/13/20 07:32 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:34 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:36 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:37 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/13/20 12:40 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Walter C. Snyder	09/13/20 05:43 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 09:43 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 12:51 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/14/20 04:58 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 05:26 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/14/20 05:55 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/14/20 06:00 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 08:42 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/14/20 09:54 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/15/20 02:04 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/15/20 08:39 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/15/20 10:41 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/16/20 09:13 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 01:12 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/16/20 01:21 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 02:13 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 06:10 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 07:55 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/16/20 09:22 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/16/20 09:29 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Salopian	09/17/20 12:08 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 12:13 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 04:32 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 05:25 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/17/20 09:49 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/17/20 11:37 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Old-Doubles	09/18/20 09:27 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	DAM16SXS	09/18/20 02:19 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/18/20 09:03 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	eightbore	09/18/20 11:42 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Argo44	09/19/20 01:20 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Niemann	02/03/21 09:54 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Mike Harrell	02/04/21 07:30 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Stanton Hillis	02/04/21 11:58 AM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	arrieta2	02/04/21 04:18 PM
Re: The History of the 'Try Gun'	Drew Hause	09/12/22 07:08 PM

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