I have been researching estate planning for firearms, and I came
across a video that is worth sharing today, a day on which we
celebrate the United States and reflect on its history. The
video is about the Girandoni air rifle, which is on loan to the
National Firearms Museum. With over 2 million views, Phil
Schreier’s video has already gone viral. The video is titled,
Lewis and Clark: Girandoni Air Rifle. In the video, Phil
Schreier (Senior Curator, National Firearms Museum) explains why
the Girandoni air rifle is “one of the most historically
significant guns in the collection.” He states, “This gun, it
could be said, changed the entire history of the United States
of America in the 19th century and perhaps the histories of the
world in the 19th and 20th centuries.” The YouTube description
of the video provides, “Lewis and Clark’s secret weapon – a late
18th Century .46 cal. 20 shot repeating air rifle by Girandoni,
as used in the Napoleonic Wars.” In addition to going viral on
YouTube, Schreier’s video is n