10-16-2017, 04:12 PM | #1 | |
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Confederate Whitworth Sniper: Sub-MOA Hexagonal Bullets in 1860
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10-16-2017, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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Good article Sir
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10-17-2017, 12:41 AM | #3 |
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Forgotten Weapons posted a video of one a few days ago on YouTube.
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10-17-2017, 02:13 AM | #4 |
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That is one incredible weapon even for modern standards.
Confederate anything from the war go for big bucks. Holy sheet I don't even want to guess where the bidding will start with that one?
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10-17-2017, 10:36 PM | #5 |
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Very interesting. Thank you for the link.
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I reckon so. Josey Wales
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Yeah, read awhile back about how Yankees on Morris island digging trenches learned quickly to keep their heads down because Whitworth equipped snipers in Ft. sumter dropped a few..... from 1400yds away.
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10-18-2017, 05:36 PM | #8 |
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Bore diamter .451, 575 gr bullet. Damn torpedo.☺️
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10-21-2017, 06:19 PM | #9 |
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I think Union General Reynolds was smoked by one of these, he he he .....
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08-05-2020, 06:38 PM | #11 |
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I subscribed to capandball a while ago.
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out of my price range.
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