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Good Housekeeping Magazine 1904 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Of interest to me...

  • No mention of caliber. That would be somewhat unusual when advertising a specific model today.

  • "Bbl" abbreviation for "barrel". I thought that was a modern boomer misabbreviation but apparently it is very old.