RE: [DL] The Winchester'73 for the Union Army?

[Scott Hinkley <revhines@yahoo.com>]

So, If I wanted to introduce single action bolt rifles
to my campaign, why kind of damage would I be looking
at?


--- Sandy Addison <sandy_addison@telus.net> wrote:
> 
> > I thought most of the Bolt Action rifles
> (especially
> > the Mauser) didn't emerge until the late 1880's?
> 
> bolt action rifles with a magazine did not come out
> still the 1880s.
> However, single shot bolt action weapons were around
> before the 1870s.
> Both sides used them in the Franco-Prussian war.
> 
> On a personnel campaign note, I've equipped my union
> forces with an
> early version of the Mauser that had a tubular
> magazine.
> 
> All the best 
> 
> Sandy
> 
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