April 5, 2024
Cavalry, Infantry and Indian artifacts
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The items in this collection trace the development of the Springfield rifle from the Civil War up through the Indian Wars to the Spanish-American War. The 58 caliber muzzle-loading percussion rifle was one of the main weapons used by both sides in the Civil War. The bullet of choice was the 58 caliber Minie ball. At the end of the war the US Army saw the need for a rapid fire, breech-loading cartridge rifle. In 1865 some Civil War Springfields were modified by installing a "trap-door" at the rear end of the barrel of the rifle. This is referred to as the Allin conversion. These fired a 58 caliber internally primed rim-fire cartridge. This conversion proved to be unsatisfactory and in 1866 the barrels of the "trap-door" rifles were reduced to 50 caliber by a sleeve placed inside the barrel. The smaller bullet used less lead so money was saved. And the rifle was lighter weight for the soldier to carry. The 50-70 caliber cartridge was center-fire and internally primed with a Martin bar anvil primer. Starting in 1868 the 50-70 cartridges were primed with a Benet-cup primer. In 1873 the US Army adopted the 45-70 caliber trapdoor Springfield . It fired a center-fire internally primed cartridge. Later externally primed cartidges came into use. These could easily be reloaded with the proper tools to be fired again and again. This weapon
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