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COLT TEXAS PATERSON Historical American Firearms Historical American Firearms CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE COLT TEXAS PATERSON THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND. THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER. HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF MASS PRODUCED, THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE COLT TEXAS PATERSON Historical American Firearms Historical American Firearms CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE COLT TEXAS PATERSON THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE TEXAS ITS STATEHOOD AND IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND. THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER. HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF MASS PRODUCED, THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE
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Historical American Firearms CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND. HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE UNWARY. SHOWN IS A TYPICAL MUZZLE LOADING PERCUSSION EXAMPLE WITH A TELESCOPE SIGHT WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 12 POWER. THESE RIFLES WEIGHED BETWEEN 12 AND 18 POUNDS AND SINCE THEY WERE NOT MASS-PRODUCED. THE CALIBER WAS NOT STANDARD AND MIGHT VARY BETWEEN .40 AND 68 Historical American Firearms CIVIL WAR SNIPING RIFLE THE AVERAGE CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DID NOT USE AND PROBABLY NEVER SAW A RIFLE OF THIS KIND. HOWEVER THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH SIDES IN THE STRUGGLE USED THIS TYPE OF TARGET RIFLE, PLACING THEM IN THE HANDS OF EXPERT MARKSMEN TO SNIPE OFF THE UNWARY. SHOWN IS A TYPICAL MUZZLE LOADING PERCUSSION EXAMPLE WITH A TELESCOPE SIGHT WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 12 POWER. THESE RIFLES WEIGHED BETWEEN 12 AND 18 POUNDS AND SINCE THEY WERE NOT THE CALIBER WAS NOT STANDARD AND MIGHT VARY BETWEEN AND 68
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COLT TEXAS PATERSON Historical American Firearms COLT TEXAS PATERSON TEXAS WON ITS STATEHOOD AND IND EPENDENCE IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER. THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY MASS PRODUCED, THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN PATERSON, N.J. FROM 1836 TO 1841. IT WAS A FIVE SHOT .40 CALIBER ARM WITH A FOLDING TRIGGER AND DID NOT HAVE A TRIGGER GUARD, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ITS ODD APPEARANCE. COLT TEXAS PATERSON Historical American Firearms COLT TEXAS PATERSON TEXAS WON ITS STATEHOOD AND IND IN ITS WAR WITH MEXICO WITH THE HELP OF THIS FAMOUS REVOLVER. THE FIRST REVOLVER TO BE SUCCESSFULLY MASS PRODUCED, THE TEXAS PATERSON WAS MADE AT SAMUEL COLT'S FIRST FACTORY IN PATERSON, N.J. FROM 1836 TO 1841. IT WAS A FIVE SHOT CALIBER ARM WITH A FOLDING TRIGGER AND DID NOT HAVE A TRIGGER GUARD, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ITS ODD APPEARANCE.
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