Wonderful rifles. Fascinating at the way obsolete muzzle loading rifles were converted into breech loading cartridge rifles, smaller bores, improved casings, sights, bayonets, etc. Got to figure that it was in the later stages a stop gap till something could be finalized as to a suitable BA rifle. Similar changes were being done by the British w/ their Sniders, Martini Henry, etc. Sincerely. bruce.
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