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Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Apr 9th, 2018 at 9:30pm
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Interesting note from 1894 news article. (The often forgotten partner).
  
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Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Reply #1 - Apr 10th, 2018 at 8:23am
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Don't cha wonder what he was smoking in that briar pipe that gave him those "best ideas"?
  
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Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Reply #2 - Apr 10th, 2018 at 3:36pm
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Yep. Think about what was unrestricted back then and commonly available.
  
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Re: Mr. Jorgensen's visit
Reply #3 - Apr 10th, 2018 at 4:06pm
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I think 20 years of friendship, joint study of other 'weapon systems' & ideas, mechanical aptitude and skill, hard work and dedication, probably had a lot to do with the end product.

BTW: Erik Jorgensen died in 1896, at age 48. (I assume smoking and being overweight may have shortened his life).

Photo: Col. Ole Herman Johannes Krag promoting the Krag-Jorgensen rifle in Paris, 1900. (Col. Krag died in 1916, at age 79).
  
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