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11-18-2015, 06:25 AM
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John Wilkes Booth Dueling Target Pistol
Many thanks to Dr. Blaine Houmes for this alert.
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11-18-2015, 03:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-18-2015 03:45 PM by Wesley Harris.)
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RE: John Wilkes Booth Dueling Target Pistol
(11-18-2015 06:25 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Many thanks to Dr. Blaine Houmes for this alert. I've got some newspaper articles where Willets repeats the story pretty much as described on the auction site. Willets was a colonel in the 12th New Jersey and was discharged from the army in 1864 due to battle wounds. |
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12-06-2015, 04:11 PM
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RE: John Wilkes Booth Dueling Target Pistol
Wonder what makes it a "target" pistol? Was it the length of the barrel?
Obviously such a pistol would have been impractical for his use in the assassination- too large to conceal as easily. Also, it appears Booth was no stranger in handling firearms (if the account is to be taken as factual). Bill Nash |
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