Favorite Small Arms anyone!?!

[KBL]

Just wondering what everyones favorite small arms of the ACW are!!

 

[JOHN42768]

That is going to be an opened question for sure.

 

[KBL]

Mine is easily the Original Henry Rifle

 

[KBL]

That is going to be an opened question for sure.

yea im just wondering lol

 

[UCVRelics]

LeMat

 

[KBL]

 

[KBL]

LeMat
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thats actually my fave revolver!!

 

[tbuckley]

Not an easy decision, so many to choose from. For some reason, I've always liked the M1816 cone-in-barrel conversions.

 

[johan_steele]

M1841, M1855 rifle, M1855 rifle musket, M1861, M1864, Special Model 1861, M1859 Sharps Rifle, Ballard Rifle, Spencer Rifle, Windsor P53, French M1842t, Peabody Rifle... I might have missed a few.

 

[gary]

P56 Enfield. When good enough will do.
M1859 Sharps rifle with Lawrence Pellet Primer.
Technology wise the Henry was the most advance.
The Whitworth was the longest reaching and unlike heavy barrel target rifles some sharpshooter companies carried, were very portable.

 

[Kurt G]

Spencer rifle and carbine.

 

[Waterloo50]

thats actually my fave revolver!!

I own a nice copy of the LeMat, we're not allowed to own pea shooters in the UK without a license so I have to settle for replicas, I also have a few others, here's a few from my collection.

 

[zburkett]

Guess I'm just an old stick in the mud, Colt's 1851, .36 Navy wins hands down.

 

[Waterloo50]

Guess I'm just an old stick in the mud, Colt's 1851, .36 Navy wins hands down.

Nothing wrong with Your choice, I can't say that I have a preference for any particular small arm as I've never had the opportunity to shoot the real thing, although I'd love to have a go at shooting the Henry or Winchester. I bet the LeMat has got a bit of a kick to it.

 

[redbob]

For some reason, I've always been attracted to the Kerr pistol and for what's it's worth; it's the only pistol that I have ever regretted selling.

 

[sourdough]

Griswold & Gunnison, Leech & Rigdon, Rigdon & Ansley, Augusta Machine Works, Columbus Firearms Manufacturing Company, Schneider & Glassick, Dance & Brothers, L. E. Tucker & Sons, Tucker, Sherrard, & Company (et al), and Sisterdale.

I admire those small Confederate manufacturers for their abilities to come to the fore and produce revolvers based upon the Colt revolvers when the Confederacy had few resources.

And, I am a Yankee.

Jim

 

[Mark A]

Griswold & Gunnison, Leech & Rigdon, Rigdon & Ansley, Augusta Machine Works, Columbus Firearms Manufacturing Company, Schneider & Glassick, Dance & Brothers, L. E. Tucker & Sons, Tucker, Sherrard, & Company (et al), and Sisterdale.

I admire those small Confederate manufacturers for their abilities to come to the fore and produce revolvers based upon the Colt revolvers when the Confederacy had few resources.

And, I am a Yankee.

Jim

I'm guessing that Spiller & Burr feel a bit slighted.

 

[UCVRelics]

I am going to go with the ones Ive dug over the years.

 

[sourdough]

I'm guessing that Spiller & Burr feel a bit slighted.

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Yes, I am sure, but it is not a Colt "copy".

Jim

 

[Patrick H]

This is going to be a great thread! I don't know that I have a fave, but I sure like the examples I've seen thus far.