5fish
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- Aug 26, 2007
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- Central Florida
Carbine, there were fifty different types made during the civil war. I never knew this...and how can some carbines be muzzle loaders and still be considered a carbine...??
General Burnside created a type of carbine before the war called Burnside carbine...who would have thought??
Here a link to the carbine site.....
http://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/civilwarcarbine.htm
Here a link to the Burnside carbine....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_carbine
I ask why did the Sharp and Spencer carbines catch on during the civil war over the other carbines?
I am amazed Burnside did not use his position to promote his carbine during the war..
Wow, fifty carbines who knew...even the Confederacy made its own carbines..
General Burnside created a type of carbine before the war called Burnside carbine...who would have thought??
Here a link to the carbine site.....
http://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/civilwarcarbine.htm
Here a link to the Burnside carbine....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_carbine
I ask why did the Sharp and Spencer carbines catch on during the civil war over the other carbines?
I am amazed Burnside did not use his position to promote his carbine during the war..
Wow, fifty carbines who knew...even the Confederacy made its own carbines..