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Calamity Jane, famous figure of the American West, ~1880 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using "pocket rifle" the actual one pops right up.

It's apparently called the "New Model Pocket and Bicycle Rifle" and was made by J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co.

Ref: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2022/11/14/rimfire-report-stevens-pocket-rifle/

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

My brain is very tickled imagining Calamity Jane riding by with her pocket gun on her bicycle