The Good Doctor and I had a hard time resisting shouldering the rifles and sighting the pistols here and there. So we didn't. We deferred attempting to cycle the actions, but it was quite an experience to weigh these old firearms in our hands. This rifle is a single shot Civil War Confederate .50 cal sniper rifle. Weighs about 30 pounds. I couldn't resist trying to see through the old tube scope. Couldn't see a thing. Black from both ends. I took a little borescope light I keep in my camera bag and had Sneed hold it on one end and looked through the other......and saw a magnified dead dirt dauber from about 1870 silhouetted against the light.
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If only they could talk...
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