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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
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Guns before 1840 and standardization of parts were handmade affairs. The period from 1775 to 1825 was when the development, aesthestics and the quality of the work reached its highest form. After 1825 gaudy became the norm, as the function of the rifle became less utilitarian.
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