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Calamity Jane, famous figure of the American West, ~1880 (lemmy.world)

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[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was what was called a pocket rifle, which was one of the first types of collapsible/removable stock rifles.The one that she has in particular, was marketed so that you could put the collapsed rifle into a pocket that you would have strapped to the crossbar of your bicycle.

I put a link to a blog with the actual make/model about it further down the chain.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And it's got a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.