An old gun found on an Aberdeenshire nature reserve has been identified as a French rifle from the 1800s.
The remains of the ancient weapon were discovered last year in a sea cave on the St Cyrus National Nature Reserve.
...and your first thought is "Oh, an Mle.74 Gras. I have one of those. I still need to order some ammo. Mine looks a lot prettier, though."I didn't excavate mine from a sea cave in Scotland, though. I bought it from some dude at a gun show in Knoxville. He was kind enough to include the bayonet.
(H/T to Unc.)
Since when have items from the 1880s been referred to as "ancient"?! I can go with "antiquated" but I have always saved the term ancient for dates that contain "B.C." in them...
ReplyDeleteThat made me chuckle, too.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a job requirement. Having a somewhat limited historical horizon is useful when writing acceptable pieces about, say... how well another gov't program is going to work. :)
ReplyDeleteIs it me, or is yours older too.
ReplyDeleteFollowed immediately by. "I might expect one in an Irish sea cave- Howth rifles, Roger "So big and Wanting It" Casement, and all that.
ReplyDeleteBut Scotland?