Okay, here's some geekiness for you: I have a new Holy Grail gun. And by "Holy Grail", I mean Holy Grail.
Courtesy of the ultimate obscure gun nerd's site, militaryrifles.com, I give you the official rifle of the Papal States from 1867 to their demise in 1870: The M1868 Remington (Pontificio).
Every kid needs a .50cal black-powder cartridge rifle with the Keys of St. Peter stamped on the receiver, right?
Someday, one will be mine.
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hOkay, here's the plan.
Join a Nunnery
Become a numero uno Nun
Get Posted to the Vatican
Swipe one
Come home
Easy.
That's cool all righty, but I'd like a Peabody-Martini, or since I've got a Krag-Jorgenson maybe a Krag-Peterson?
Or a Nepalese Peabody-Wesseley/Westley Richards??
The Italian army actually defeated somebody who was ARMED? Incredible!
I guess we'd use one of these to shoot the Papal Bull?
I run a modern-day horror RPG campaign.
That gun is *so* going to be a part of it.
were these blessed by the Pope?
The fact that the papal army and the Swiss Guards even had a need for weaponry at all brings up some interesting theological implications.
eimvokzp!
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