Quote Originally Posted by 45flint View Post
Besides the oddness of nothing seeming to be printed in the US, the transfer of his collection to a unknown collector creates another mystery? As I remember DT Fletcher had doubts the Girardoni was actually Lewis and Clarks which ended their friendship?
RIP Dr. Beeman

I'm glad somebody else stuck his neck out on the subject of the Girandoni. I'm sure Dean Fletcher stated categorically on these pages that the gun in question was not the Lewis and Clark one. He must have truly believed that to contradict such an authority. The Believers appear to believe a lot of other things that are unsubstantiated but I understand that is the definition of faith.

I'll go along with Guy Martin on that topic.

I'm also curious to know how you get a 400 page book out of a single gun.

Happy to admit my ignorance and curiosity, Mick