JTNP: Four Historic Sites - Part 1

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The cartridge was so popular back around the turn of the century, that several firearms were specially chambered for it. These were mostly single shot guns. The most famous of these was the Marble's Game Getter. It was a single shot, over and under double barrel affair. The two barrels were 12" long. The upper barrel was chambered in .22 long rifle, and the lower was chambered for the .44 XL center fire cartridge. Since the shell case that Niki found hasn't been fired, we guess that it was dropped and in the one hundred or so years the paper shot container disintegrated, allowing the shot as well as the smokeless powder charge to scatter into the ground. This was a neat little find!

The cartridge was so popular back around the turn of the century, that several firearms were specially chambered for it. These were mostly single shot guns. The most famous of these was the Marble's Game Getter. It was a single shot, over and under double barrel affair. The two barrels were 12" long. The upper barrel was chambered in .22 long rifle, and the lower was chambered for the .44 XL center fire cartridge. Since the shell case that Niki found hasn't been fired, we guess that it was dropped and in the one hundred or so years the paper shot container disintegrated, allowing the shot as well as the smokeless powder charge to scatter into the ground. This was a neat little find!

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