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Weapons - Online Essays

Weapons

were used since the middle ages to the civil war and are still being used today.
Pistol's
The Calvary and officers used pistol's which are effective during close in fighting. Most popular is made by Colt and Remington which are both American companies. The Colt 1860 is a six shot pistol weighed at two pound's eleven ounces. It is used for self-protection. The North bought 160,000 of Revolver's produced by Colt the number one choice of pistol. Remington the number two choice. The Lemat is a shot handgun that's most formidable. Invented by a Southerner. The weight is four pound's , two barrel's and nine shot's per barrel. 2,500 were made for the Confederates. The pistol knife had a broad ...

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Rifles and Sniping Gun's

The Rifle Musket is the number two most used weapon. It's a muzzle loading Musket with one shot. The Musket was fifty-seven inches and it was long. It was weighed at ten pounds. The Enfield rifle was british and the Confederate's imported 900,000. The range distance was half a mile. The Springfield rifle was used by the infantry and was developed in the north. It could hit a six man at 1,500 feet away. It shoot's 3 round's per minute. 841,000 were made. The Caliber James is equipped with four power telescopic sight. It's a fourteen pound gun and shoot's 500 yards. Sniper's use rifle's because of the distance. Some had telescopic sights ...

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