Civil War Weaponry

[Commander Waffle]

Wasn't the mini ball from the French?

[Airchallenged]

Originally Posted by Commander Waffle

Wasn't the mini ball from the French?

Yes it was invented by two french army Captain but Wikipedia says that neither of them were Claude Minie who it was named for. I think he was the producer of the bullet.

[Horch]

Stonewall Jackson carried one of these. The bottom barrel fired a shot shell.

[Horch]

Originally Posted by Airchallenged

From the Union version of the above book:

The Colt "Army" and "Navy" Revolvers were widely issued to the Northern Cavalry. Like the Colt Revolver the Remington Models came in both the .44 cal Army model and .36 cal Navy model. Around 115,563 Remington Armys were sold during the war of which most were made after 1860. The Whitney Navy revolver and Starr (single action) Revolvers were also used. The foreign made Lefaucheux (I assume it is from France) Revolver was the only non Percussion revolver sold to the Northern forces. They were mainly used to arm troops in the Western theater.

For above post here is a Le Mat Revolver:

I hit post instead of quote.

[cyberia]

Question here, which of the afore mentioned pistols would be rated best for their time and why?

[McCoy]

I'd say Colt M1860 "Army".

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by McCoy

I'd say Colt M1860 "Army".

Why so, Urban?

[McCoy]

Well liked by the troopers, sturdy n' reliable design plus that it's caliber .44 n' thus makin' bigger holes than the caliber .36 revolvers.

[cyberia]

Works for me. Thanks!!

[McCoy]

But maybe Airchallenged is of another opinion alltogether as this is my opinion.