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title: "Timeline photos Lewis and Clark installed swivel-mounted…"
date: 2018-05-15
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos Lewis and Clark installed swivel-mounted…

*May 15, 2018 · Facebook*

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Lewis and Clark installed swivel-mounted blunderbusses on their canoes. The blunderbuss is a forerunner of the shotgun. Although it normally shoots lead shot, in a pinch, it can also fire rocks, scrap iron, and bits of wood.
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