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Forgotten Hand Cannon: Meet the 1898 Mars automatic pistol.
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David E. Powell
May 13, 2013, 9:17:55 AM5/13/13
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It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up a hill in Cuba.
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It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up a hill in Cuba.
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Ben
May 13, 2013, 1:46:57 PM5/13/13
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On Monday, May 13, 2013 9:17:55 AM UTC-4, David E. Powell wrote:
# http://www.forgottenweapons.com/early-automatic-pistols/gabbett-fairfax-mars/
#
# It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers
# flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up
# a hill in Cuba.
#
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
# http://www.forgottenweapons.com/early-automatic-pistols/gabbett-fairfax-mars/
#
# It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers
# flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up
# a hill in Cuba.
#
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Gunner Asch
May 13, 2013, 9:01:42 PM5/13/13
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On Mon, 13 May 2013 13:17:55 +0000 (UTC), "David E. Powell"
<David_Po...@msn.com> wrote:
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#It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up a hill in Cuba.
Very! powerful round! Thanks for the closeup!!
<David_Po...@msn.com> wrote:
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#It fired a .45 caliber round at about 1250 feet per second, before the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, and around the same time Teddy Roosevelt was charging up a hill in Cuba.
Very! powerful round! Thanks for the closeup!!
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