Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Papal Rifle

Tam has discovered the ultimate military collectible: "..the official rifle of the Papal States from 1867 to their demise in 1870: The M1868 Remington (Pontificio)"

This is a Remington rolling block, in a very similar cartridge to the classic bufflo hunter ones also chambered in this action-- and one of the makers was Westley Richards of England! May be one of the coolest old guns I have ever heard of, for all the above reasons.



She also posts a thoughful lament for the old Brit gun culture here.

1 comment:

Heidi the Hick said...

Sorry, this isn't about rifles...!

I weighed in on the topic of novels and Kids Today earlier, but you might check what I wrote today at my place. It's basically about intelligence...and differentness...and goofiness...