Girandoni was an ... with a number of pre-primed air reservoirs and magazine tubes, each with 22 rounds of ammo. A battalion of men armed with such repeating rifles could lay down a devastating ...

In a post I wrote about “10 Guns that Shaped America,” the Girandoni air rifle was near the top of the list. And for good reason. Because without the Girandoni carried by Meriwether Lewis when ...

In fact, Lewis and Clark took a .46-caliber Girandoni air rifle capable of 22 shots at a time on their famous expedition. Below, we’ve rounded up the best air rifles right now. When choosing the ...