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One year ago today.

By The Armorer on July 7, 2006 | | Comments (7) | TrackBacks (2)
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On year later, the Brits, after their initial shock, don't seem to have made much headway in addressing root causes.

Of course, it's not like we've mastered it, with more years and more dead to both motivate and hinder us.

Despite a rather Montague Milquetoast "elite" - there is still some iron in the core of the British nation - if they choose to be Brit, and not just let their immigrants assimilate *them*.

John Bull's Iron at Castle Argghhh!

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By AShiningCity on July 7, 2006 9:50 AM
I apologize for not linking sooner. I guess I got a little behind. Thanks for the reminder. Great blog!
 
By olga on July 7, 2006 10:59 AM
I like the Russian poster on the wall, too...
 
By Gwedd on July 7, 2006 11:27 AM
Comrade John, Is that a P-53 Enfield on the top row or a Snyder Conversion? Hard to tell from this distance:) Respects, AW1 Tim
 
By John of Argghhh! on July 7, 2006 11:40 AM
That's a 3-Band Enfield on top, right below it is a Snider Conversion Carbine.
 
By Gwedd on July 7, 2006 1:13 PM
John, Whilst not trying to be too picky (HONEST!), the top model would be a "Rifle-Musket" as opposed to the '2-bander' varient (not the Snyder) which is actually the "Rifle", and the single-nad variant which would be the carbine, occasionally referred to as an "Artillery Model". The Rifle-Musket is a muzzle-loading weapon of Infantry, or full length, designed with rifling, as opposed to the "Rifled-Musket", which was a smoothbore musket that had been rifled later on as an upgrade. (Post-1855 for US weapons). The "Rifle" from this period, was a shorter, '2-band' variant designed with rifling, and meant (initially) for light infantry or Voliguer units, usually incorporating a sword-bayonet, but not always. (the M-1841 is an example of a Rifle designed for use without a bayonet, though later models were back-fitted to accept them.) I know you are versed in all this, being an armorer, but thought I'd toss this out for the rest of the Denizens, since the term "3-bander" is more a modern designator. If you'd like, sometime, I'd be happy to post on the theory of exterior ballistics as it relates to the M-1853/58 Enfield Vs M-1855/61/63/64 Springfield debate, and what the Ordnance Department of the 1860's did to rectify the problems encountered (both actual and inferred). Respects, AW1 Tim
 
By John of Argghhh! on July 7, 2006 1:21 PM
Sigh. One thing about the Internet, no matter *how* geeky you are - there is always one more feller geekier than you on any given subject. My idiom is being geeky in so many *different* subjects. And if we want to get hyper-geeky - the Snider is a Belgian "Zulu" gun, vice a true Brit carbine.
 
By Gwedd on July 7, 2006 1:44 PM
John, Yup... you called it true. I seem to be a fount of minutiae regarding CW period stuff. Actually, most of it was acquired through years of developing historical displays and programs for the NPS and other CW battlefields and museums. Call it a weakness...... or perhaps a geekness..... You know it's bad when your kids shudder when anything about the CW is mentioned, because they are afraid of getting another "lecture" about it... Nice thing about the Enfield, (the Rifle-Musket) is it can still penetrate 3.5" of seasoned white pine at 1000 yards. Makes a heck of a nice deer rifle. Works pretty well against the 2-legged variety as well, although the reload time is a bit long (around 30 seconds a round on a good day). A lot of folks don't realise that those old weapons had the same effective range as the modern ones. 300 yards. respects, AW1 Tim