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Many older Mississippi rifles were re-bored to .58 caliber. The rifle was also modified to accept a sword type bayonet. The first Mississippi rifles had a v-notch sight. This was later replaced with leaf sights with 100, 300, and 500 yard ranges. A ladder sight with ranges from 100 to 1100 yards in 100 yard increments was fitted on some later ...
Soldiers in the 1st Battalion Massachusetts Rifles, the three core Essex County militia companies were armed with Model 1841 Mississippi rifles. [ 1 ] [ note 13 ] These rifles had been manufactured by contract in 1844 in Windsor, Vermont by the Robbins and Lawrence Armory (R&L) [ 59 ] which had also made the 1855 modifications of increasing the ...
Soldiers in the 38th were initially armed with Model 1841 Mississippi rifles. [ 4 ] [ note 4 ] These rifles had been manufactured by the Harper's Ferry Arsenal and by contract in 1844 in Windsor, Vermont by the Robbins and Lawrence Armory (R&L) [ 14 ] which had also made the 1855 modifications of increasing the bore to .58 and fitting them with ...
The Defeat of the Mexican Lancers by the Mississippi Rifles by Samuel Chamberlain (watercolor painted c. 1860) Jefferson Davis, c. 1847 Example of a .54-caliber, muzzle-loading, percussion-fire 1841 Mississippi rifle, as manufactured by Eli Whitney in 1849 (U.S. Military Service Institute via Smithsonian Online)
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M1841 Mississippi rifle; Maynard carbine; Model 1795 Musket; Model 1814 common rifle; Model 1816 Musket; Model 1822 Musket; P. Pattern 1853 Enfield;
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