Re: Tube/Valve Amp Noise

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:46:44 +1100, "Trevor Wilson"
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>"keithr" <keithr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Patrick Turner" <info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Was not the repeating rifle a boon the North in the American war of
>>> Independance?
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>> not really it hadn't been invented then - muskets were all the rage.
Come 
>> in useful for killing indians though and all but wiping out the bison
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>**Correct. The Springfield Rifle was invented by the North, during the
Civil 
>War. It was arguably the first really mass produced item, built of 
>sophisticated mechanical equipment. So im****tant was this item and it's 
>manufacturing system, that the factory was booby trapped, so complete 
>destruction would occur, if it had any chance of falling into the hands
of 
>the South. The Springfield Rifle was credited as being, in no small part,

>for the fact that the North prevailed during that, very dark, time in US 
>history. It has also left it's mark on the US psyche. Many Americans seem
to 
>think that gun owning is both sane and a right for individuals, despite
the 
>very clear wording in the 2nd Amendment.

Yes, the very clear wording of an individual right.

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>Trevor Wilson 
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