![]() ![]() Nevertheless, it would have been realised very early that here was a tool that could also be used to put food on the table, and later as a way of providing sport in the form of target competitions. ![]() As soon as it was realised that gunpowder could be used to throw a projectile, it would likely have been seen as a superior alternative to the spear, the bow or the slingshot, and as guns became larger, cannon would oust the large stone-throwing catapults as siege weapons. It would probably be difficult to say whether firearms were invented as a hunting tool or as a means of attack and defence in times of conflict, but my guess would be the latter. The subject of this review, the Pursuit XLT, is one of that group of rifles. To cater for today’s American hunters who prefer using a muzzle loaders, but who also wish to have the advantages of a modern firearm, both in terms of use and maintenance, they produce a range of in-line rifles that fit the bill admirably. Their line also includes a group of scale model, live firing cannons for which a firearms certificate, with the appropriate variation, is required in the UK. Marketed under their own name in Europe and sold under the Traditions banner in the United States, Ardesa of Spain manufacture a number of excellent value for money reproductions of earlier muzzle loading pistols and long guns, in both flintlock and percussion varieties. ![]()
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