A Day at the Range
L. Neil Smith's Blog
December 18, 2003, Some Broomhandle, etc., Pictures
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Here's the Broomhandle with its bolt drawn back (note the position of the
safety) and a 10-round stripper clip ready to load the weapon. Push down
on the top cartridge with your thumb and keep shoving until they're all
in. Works most of the time, anyway. Pull the empty clip out of the top of
the gun, and the bolt will close, chambering the first cartridge.
I'm told that this individual gun was made in 1915, four years before my father was born. But its bore is perfect, it shoots straight, and operates reliably. |