Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Intriguing. Do you think the bore has become oval due to wear or because of the explosive charge of the cartridge causing uneven expansion? I can't imagine it would have been initially bored oval, even if the technology to do so had been invented. Frank D >________________________________ > From: Neal Friedenthal <neal at photoneal.com> >To: lug at leica-users.org >Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 5:51 >Subject: [Leica] IMG weird Civil War Rifle > > >In my continuing project to catalog the arms in my collection I recently >took this of what is probably the oddest of all Civil War rifles, the Green >Rifle.? It is a bolt action breech loading percussion rifle. I fires a >combustible paper cartridge which is ignited by a percussion cap which is >placed on a nipple on the bottom of the barrel, subsequently the hammer is >also under the barrel. The bore is oval shaped and appears smooth but is >indeed rifled. A true oddity only 900 were purchased by the US government. >http://www.photoneal.com/picture.php?/89/category/3 > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >