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Trick Shot Artist Annie Oakley’s Shotgun Sells for $300k

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Annie Oakley's 16-gauge Parker Brothers Hammer shotgun (courtesy Heritage Auctions)

Trick shot artist Kirsten Joy Weiss recently journeyed to Red’s Indoor Range in Pflugerville (a.k.a., “the toilet”) to test three Henry rifles. The 2012 NRA Women’s shooting champ is looking to apply her mad skillz to a traditional lever gun. The experience gave KJW some insight into Annie Oakley’s accomplishments. “That woman was good,” Kirsten pronounced over a glass of Alan Brooks’ much-appreciated mead. Speaking of appreciation, is this the same gun that sold in June 2012 for $143k? In any case, I wonder if Annie Oakley’s grandniece knew that the 16-Gauge Parker Brothers Hammer shotgun would fetch $293K. usnews.nbc.com reports that Heritage Auctions sold the shottie to an unidentified telephone buyer along with documents affirming the gun’s provenance. And no I didn’t buy it.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. This is exactly why I don’t rely on polls, or even most so-called “peer-reviewed studies” on any-damn-thing whatsoever.

    What we as the armed intelligentsia need to know — ALL we need to know in fact — is that our natural, civil, and Constitutionally-affirmed and protected rights including the right to keep AND bear arms, are not based on “need” and nor or they based on social utility.

    That’s it.

    End of story, really.

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  2. This is a cop thing. Or rather, a thing for cops.

    Guess what the new training maxim is? “Keep your thumb on the nipple!”

    Also: Making Perfection better

    And I’m out.

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