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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 ...
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)
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 ...
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Rifles Contract with N. C. government for 10,000 rifles. Marks, “M. J. & G.” Montgomery Arsenal Montgomery, Alabama: 1861 Rifles (1864) Morse Augusta, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina: Carbines George W. Morse Greenville, South Carolina.50 caliber breech-loading carbines 1,000 Murdoch Morrison Gun Factory Laurel Hill, North Carolina ...
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
The serial number of this pistol is located under the dust cover on the frame, on the barrel, and on the slide. The bolt of an Arisaka military rifle, which carries identifiers matching the main serial number which is on the receiver. A gun serial number is a unique identifier assigned to a singular firearm. [A]
The companies of the 18th Mississippi were organized in June 1861 with an initial strength of 1,100 men under the command of Mississippi general James L. Alcorn. [1] Company E of the regiment was formed of teenage volunteers, mainly students at Mississippi College at Clinton. [2]