During the mid-19th century, the U.S. military finally phased out the long dominant smoothbore flintlock musket in favor of rifled weapons. Arms scholar John Willyard has written an insightful treatise on the various firearms and edged weapons adopted that year, titled U.S. Model 1855 Series of Small Arms (Mowbray Publishing, $53.95). Acc
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