We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/gun_pr0n_the_needlegun.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:53:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Ain't done any in a while - and found out that a lot of the milbloggers *like* the gun pr0n, even if they don't comment on it. They mentioned its absence. This is the French response to the German Dreyse Needlegun of the mid-to-late 1860's - the Chassepot. It fired a linen cartridge with the primer cap being in the base of the bullet. To fire, the bolt pushed it's way into the linen cartridge and when fired, the needle pushed through the rest of the way to fire the cap and ignite the powder. These rifles don't use the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/gun_pr0n_the_needlegun.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/gun_pr0n_the_needlegun.html Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:31:22 -0600 Your Chassepot is even cooler than my Gras. *grumble* Nice find! I'm jealous! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/gun_pr0n_the_needlegun.html#comment-44372 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/gun_pr0n_the_needlegun.html#comment-44372 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:43:44 -0600