Chuck
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Hey man, see anything interesting here, http://englishrussia.com/?p=8690#more-8690?
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There was one rifle I remember someone on the Parallax boards showing off. It was an 1800s Russian rifle that looked a lot like a Mosin Nagant but it was older and a different design. Very rare and hard to come by.
Probably the Berdan I or Berdan II - I've seen them frequently on gunbroker, and they are sometimes reasonably priced (at least the dogs are). Wouldn't mind having one at all! It would fit in well with my other blackpowder cartridge guns of the era - Snider, Martini-Henry and Springfield Trapdoor.
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If i were you i'd stop the C&R bus for a minute and think about the C&R handguns.