50” cal cartridge and a simple, flip-up breech system (trapdoor) was engineered for the rear, though still using a side-hammer. 58” and it was decided to turn them to breechloaders using a conversion by Erskine S. After the war the Union still had the 1863 Springfield rifled musket in. The majority of the fighting was done with rifled muskets like the Springfield and British Enfield. The Henry lever-action, Spencer and Sharps are good examples. In the American Civil War there were many repeaters and breech-loaders used on both sides in small amounts. As risible as it might seem this is one of the reasons we British waited for so long to adopt a self-loading rifle after WW11 to replace our No 4 Enfields - the troops would doubtless shoot a lot more ammo and waste money.Īnother prime example was the US military’s evolution from muzzle-loading to breech-loading rifles. Ease of manufacture and economy probably being truer motives. Bean counters or bureaucrats call them what you will but providing soldiers with the right kit has never been high on their list of priorities.
The procurement of military weapons has usually been done by those who don’t use them.
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