During the Civil War cavalry troopers carried their carbines in what were called sockets. These were leather rings only about three or four inches...

Military Sockets
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During the Civil War cavalry troopers carried their carbines in what were called sockets. These were leather rings only about three or four inches...
The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds in about 12 seconds. Army Chief of Ordinance, James Wolf Ripley, rejected saying Spencer saying it was an...
Known as America’s Deer Rifle, this 126-year-old lever-action is back again in its original 1890s configuration.