After the Civil War, savvy frontiersmen chose the Spencer repeating carbine. At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Spencer Repeating Rifle Company...
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The Springfield Trapdoor vs The Spencer Carbine
The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds in about 12 seconds. Army Chief of Ordinance, James Wolf Ripley, rejected saying Spencer saying it was an...
Frontier Army Rifles Despite the popularity of the breech-loading Sharps rifles, there was a great need for a repeating rifle...
Despite the popularity of the breech-loading Sharps rifles, there was a great need for a repeating rifle. During the Civil War, teenager,...