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New Rifle Recommendations -- Help me!!
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2306603" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Check out the records on Berdan's Sharpshooters and their use of the Sharps 52 cal. paper cartridge rifle at Gettysburg and several other battles. They picked and hit individual targets at 600, 700 and 800 yards, and were usually employed against field grade officers and Confederate snipers, who were armed with Whitworth sniping rifles. The Whitworth was capable of 1000 yard shots. Just so you'll know. Cartridge Sharps extended the range and accuracy of that rifle to an easy 1,000 yards and beyond. But the paper cartridge rifle would do 800 yards accurately, and did. I own a 54 cal. reproduction and have shot it to 600 yards just to see what it would do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2306603, member: 60453"] Check out the records on Berdan's Sharpshooters and their use of the Sharps 52 cal. paper cartridge rifle at Gettysburg and several other battles. They picked and hit individual targets at 600, 700 and 800 yards, and were usually employed against field grade officers and Confederate snipers, who were armed with Whitworth sniping rifles. The Whitworth was capable of 1000 yard shots. Just so you'll know. Cartridge Sharps extended the range and accuracy of that rifle to an easy 1,000 yards and beyond. But the paper cartridge rifle would do 800 yards accurately, and did. I own a 54 cal. reproduction and have shot it to 600 yards just to see what it would do. [/QUOTE]
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