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Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

By Martin Pegler

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At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute - more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifl...Show more

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9781472815910

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2017

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1

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Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

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