Ugly Sauce
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On the other hand, the Armi Sport M1861 repro could never pass for original.
And it's a heavy sucker. But I love it just the same.
On the other hand, the Armi Sport M1861 repro could never pass for original.
The Armi Sport M1842 comes in both smoothbore and rifled versions. I got the rifled version because my "hybrid" (which I already had) was smoothbore. The AS rifled version includes the long-range rear sight. Even the ramrod is slightly different, as the end is cupped to fit a Minie ball.I have considered doing exactly that with both my 1842 and 1861. If I did I’d have to go with the rifled barrel for the 1842 I think. Maybe not if I did both. At 50 yards I have a hard time keeping my shots on a man sized target with the 1842.
The Armi Sport M1842 comes in both smoothbore and rifled versions. I got the rifled version because my "hybrid" (which I already had) was smoothbore. The AS rifled version includes the long-range rear sight. Even the ramrod is slightly different, as the end is cupped to fit a Minie ball.
The only defect I found on my sample was that the bayonet lug was mislocated by about 1/2". Since it's silver-soldered on, I was able to re-solder it. With that change, an original bayonet fits perfectly.
I've read that the first Minie bullets had a plug in the base that would be driven forward upon firing, to cause the bullet to expand. At least that was the theory. Later testing showed that this was not necessary. A hollow base was all that was needed.they featured a zinc “washer” on a piston and when the piston was driven by the burning charge into a tapered hole in the base of the bullet the bullet expanded much faster into the rifling and allowed almost no blow by.
It's a shame that none of the ACW muskets had serial numbers so we will never effectively be able to track down any of the previous people who carried them
I just won a nice Springfield model 1863 type II
My Trapdoor was made too late for the Spanish American war and is very unlikely to have served in China