GDG- Jim's Guns
Dennis Lawrence
denlaw at gojade.org
Mon Jan 30 11:48:29 CST 2012
>CW muskets didn't have serial numbers. About the only shoulder arms
>that did were cavalry carbines, or rifles based on carbine actions,
>such as the Spencer or the Sharps. But even there, the surviving
>records are extremely limited. I only know who carried my
>Gettysburg guns because the soldiers were kind enough to carve their
>names into the stocks.
>
>Jim Cameron
>
>
Nominated for coolest posting of the day.
You can find a pix of Jim's guns at
http://www.gdg.org/Research/Virtual/1853.htm
http://www.gdg.org/Research/Virtual/lorenz.html
Dennis
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