I promise you, I would shoot it, if I have boolits fur it..
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I bet you have never seen one of these except in a museum... EG Lamson
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I promise you, I would shoot it, if I have boolits fur it..
Cool. Shoot it!
Hmmmmmmm...... no.
Should probably sporterize it
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Meet me at Carver Homes, at midnight this eve please for the exchange! See you then... I will be in a Cutless with 24" dubs...
On the way!
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Seriously dude, what are you looking for?
For ODT to tell you what to do with this rifle?
You've already stated you don't want to donate it. Or shoot it.
You don't want to Gunbroker it.
Go throw it in the lake like the lady from Titanic...
It will be in the lake by Carver homes. Double positive feedback.On the way!
If you don't show negative inbound!
Seriously dude, what are you looking for?
For ODT to tell you what to do with this rifle?
You've already stated you don't want to donate it. Or shoot it.
You don't want to Gunbroker it.
Go throw it in the lake like the lady from Titanic...
That's more expensive than my .500 and .460 together and I bet not as fun, but I'd still shoot it if it were mine.
This ain't in my wheehouse
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Here's some history on the Lamson rifle - interesting to read that the company sold it's machinery and equipment to S&W and Winchester - names that are better known to us on the ODT.
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In 1858, the buildings and machinery of the former Robbins & Lawrence company were purchased by E. G. Lamson and his business partners, who then manufactured sewing machines in the former rifle shops. When Civil War erupted in 1861, this firm turned their efforts to arms production as well. They received a government contract for 50,000 longarms patterned on the U.S./Springfield Armory Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. In 1864, E. G. Lamson received a government contract to produce 1,000 breech-loading repeating carbines designed by Albert Ball of Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as a second contract for 1,000 Palmer breech-loading carbines. These arms, which were delivered in mid-1865, came too late to see service with the Union Army.
After the war, Lamson changed the name of his firm to the Windsor Manufacturing Company, and by 1870, he had sold his arms making tools and machinery to Winchester and Smith & Wesson. He continued in business as a manufacturer of machine tools for a number of years, later under the banner of Jones & Lamson Machine Company of Springfield, Vermont. What became known as "The American System of Manufacture" had its roots in firearms production, both in New England and at John Hall's rifle shop in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Robbins & Lawrence and their successors played an important role in this era, as did several other rifle works in the Connecticut River valley.
Although the company founded by Nicanor Kendall, Samuel E. Robbins, and Richard Smith Lawrence is long gone, their influence continued for many years through the products of Smith & Wesson and Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Earlier history can be found here.. http://www.nramuseum.com/guns/the-g...e-g-lamson-and-co-ball-repeating-carbine.aspx
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In 1858, the buildings and machinery of the former Robbins & Lawrence company were purchased by E. G. Lamson and his business partners, who then manufactured sewing machines in the former rifle shops. When Civil War erupted in 1861, this firm turned their efforts to arms production as well. They received a government contract for 50,000 longarms patterned on the U.S./Springfield Armory Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. In 1864, E. G. Lamson received a government contract to produce 1,000 breech-loading repeating carbines designed by Albert Ball of Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as a second contract for 1,000 Palmer breech-loading carbines. These arms, which were delivered in mid-1865, came too late to see service with the Union Army.
After the war, Lamson changed the name of his firm to the Windsor Manufacturing Company, and by 1870, he had sold his arms making tools and machinery to Winchester and Smith & Wesson. He continued in business as a manufacturer of machine tools for a number of years, later under the banner of Jones & Lamson Machine Company of Springfield, Vermont. What became known as "The American System of Manufacture" had its roots in firearms production, both in New England and at John Hall's rifle shop in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Robbins & Lawrence and their successors played an important role in this era, as did several other rifle works in the Connecticut River valley.
Although the company founded by Nicanor Kendall, Samuel E. Robbins, and Richard Smith Lawrence is long gone, their influence continued for many years through the products of Smith & Wesson and Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Earlier history can be found here.. http://www.nramuseum.com/guns/the-g...e-g-lamson-and-co-ball-repeating-carbine.aspx
