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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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17. Further back than that.

Reply to Lurks Often (Reply #15)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 12:12 PM

Nov 2014

"The first 10+ magazines go all the way back to the 1874 Gatling gun "

Further back than that. The Henry lever-action carbine of 1861-ish had, IIRC, a capacity of 16+1, as did numerous 1860s and 1870s Winchesters. The Evans rifle of the early 1870s had a capacity of 28 or 34 (may have allowed +1, not sure). To go back to a time when civilians couldn't buy over-10-round (or over-15-round) firearms, you have to go back to the 1850s or earlier.

IIRC, the precharged airgun that Lewis and Clark carried on their expedition in the early 1800s (comparable in power to a modern .45 ACP) had a 20-round magazine; production of that rifle began in 1795.

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