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Old 10-24-2010, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by cussedemgun View Post
google "Patrick Ferguson" & "freguson rifle"

A little research will show how fate was on the U.S. side & how things could have been reversed but for a serious error in judgement by the British commanders.

The colonists nearly missed facing a repeating breech loader in muzzle loader days.

Jim

I suspect that Ferguson could have used a few of his own rifles at King's Mountain.

Buck
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