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oregon trail
The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. The western half of the trail spanned most of the current states of Idaho and Oregon.
The Oregon Trail was laid by fur traders and trappers from about 1811 to 1840, and was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared increasingly farther west, and eventually reached all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, at which point what came to be called the Oregon Trail was complete, even as almost annual improvements were made in the form of bridges, cutoffs, ferries, and roads, which made the trip faster and safer. From various starting points in Iowa, Missouri, or Nebraska Territory, the routes converged along the lower Platte River Valley near Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory, and led to rich farmlands west of the Rocky Mountains.
From the early to mid-1830s (and particularly through the years 1846–1869) the Oregon Trail and its many offshoots were used by about 400,000 settlers, farmers, miners, ranchers, and business owners and their families. The eastern half of the trail was also used by travelers on the California Trail (from 1843), Mormon Trail (from 1847), and Bozeman Trail (from 1863), before turning off to their separate destinations. Use of the trail declined as the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, making the trip west substantially faster, cheaper, and safer. Today, modern highways, such as Interstate 80 and Interstate 84, follow parts of the same course westward and pass through towns originally established to serve those using the Oregon Trail.
Hard cast Oregon Trail bullets .452
500 each box, $50/box, $100/1000
Oregon Trail are unique, cast with silver alloy. In Canby
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1 partial box of 250 cast bullets lasercast 45LC $40
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2 boxes of laser cast 45-70 bullets sold together for $80
405 grain FP 229 ct
350 gr FP opened Full box of 250
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Hello my wacky Pacific Northwest friends. What say you: it is 1843 and you're part of the "Great Migration" to Oregon Territory. What old school pews do you pack? Totally your choice of:
A good rifle.
A scattergun.
A side-arm or two.
Bladed and/or mêlée weapons.
Something unusual, should...
Something I have been wondering about for some time is if there has ever been a "deep dive" study of the firearms employed on the Oregon Trail and Latter-day Saint Pioneer Trek (also known as the Mormon Trail in some literature and sources). I would imagine there has to be extant journals...