On Mar 19, 3:42=A0am, Patrick Turner <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Trevor Wilson wrote:
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> > "keithr" <kei...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Patrick Turner" <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> Was not the repeating rifle a boon the North in the American war of
> > >> Independance?
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> > > not really it hadn't been invented then - muskets were all the rage.
C=
ome
> > > in useful for killing indians though and all but wiping out the
bison
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> > **Correct. The Springfield Rifle was invented by the North, during the
C=
ivil
> > War. It was arguably the first really mass produced item, built of
> > sophisticated mechanical equipment. So im****tant was this item and
it's
> > manufacturing system, that the factory was booby trapped, so complete
> > destruction would occur, if it had any chance of falling into the
hands =
of
> > the South. The Springfield Rifle was credited as being, in no small
part=
,
> > for the fact that the North prevailed during that, very dark, time in
US=
> > history. It has also left it's mark on the US psyche. Many Americans
see=
m to
> > think that gun owning is both sane and a right for individuals,
despite =
the
> > very clear wording in the 2nd Amendment.
>
> > Trevor Wilson
>
> I got my american wars wrong. I should have asked,
> " Was not the repeating rifle a boon the American Civil War? "
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> Patrick Turner.- Hide quoted text -
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Patrick:
The Winchester Repeating Rifle was made practical in 1873. The Henry
repeater was patented in 1860, but did not reach _any_ troops until
1862, and even then the vast majority of troops throughout the war use
single-shot cap-and-ball rifles. The Gatling Gun came in 1862, but in
tiny, nearly meaningless numbers.
Then and now, the expression was that it took a man's weight in
bullets to kill him. Today, that weight may be distributed more
quickly.
Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA
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