Decisive Weapons

Decisive Weapons

Lock, Stock and Barrel: The Springfield Rifle (2x3)


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Accurate over distances of 500 metres, and with a vastly increased rate of fire, the Springfield rifle marked a great leap forward in rifle technology. The first weapon to be mass-produced, it was used to devastating effect by Union soldiers during the American Civil War.

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