Great explanation that even i can understand Being from michigan i know that huge amounts of lumber from michigan was being sold to the federal government, but i am not sure of the mix of hard woods and pine Domestic manufacturers of pistols of course, smaller than the four outfits named above
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Dragoon revolvers like these and in still another part of texas (sisterdale) the sisterdale dragoon.44.
I agree, some of the home grown edged weapons were very good.
Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from cw times I think this simple tool was one of the most useful for all I've seen pictures from the early war. Bray provided the machinery to merrimack arms company in newburyport, mass, and they made about 2,200 sporting rifles from 1867 to 1869
Most of the merrimack arms production was in.32,.38,.44 and.46 rimfire, with a few in.22 or.50 caliber rimfire. I just watched lonesome dove with my wife Because the movie was set in the late 1870s many of the actors carried civil war era weapons In one scene gus mccrae is engaged with one of blue duck's thugs in a long range shoot out
The thug uses a sharps 1874 long range sharps rifle with scope.
Hawken made flintlock rifles, later converting to percussion in the 1830s Hawken manufactured a larger caliber weapon, different from the kentucky rifles In 1856 william hawken dissolved his partner ship with campbell In addition to swords made by other manufacturers, military volunteers were offered a wide selection of roby weapons that would have included n.c.o.,musician, horse artillery, and cavalry swords for enlisted personnel
A foot infantry officer sword, model 1850 They all made mistakes, and honestly, it was extremely hard coordinating that many men at any one time Were most muskets made from the same type of wood
