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Offline Dr. Tim-Boone

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500 year old Flintlock??
« on: July 24, 2010, 01:58:45 AM »

Take a look at this story and photos on CNN today:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/23/gulf.pawn/index.html?hpt=C2

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Re: 500 year old Flintlock??
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2010, 02:12:14 AM »
Looks like a Japanese Matchlock...Some of them are not real old.
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Re: 500 year old Flintlock??
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2010, 02:49:01 AM »
Hi Tim,
I saw that too.  Obviously, whoever wrote the news feed didn't know anything about the gun.  They even called it a blunderbuss.  It is clearly a Japanese matchlock, whether fake or authentic I cannot tell.  Of course, whatever the gun is does not really matter in the story.

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Re: 500 year old Flintlock??
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 04:47:54 PM »
Its the "news". The truth is irrelevant. So long as its a good story or the proper assumptions are made by the suckers, err viewers.


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