I'm curious as to when we started having a standard weapon issue--when all were issued the same basic weapon. Let's start at the company level, where there might be the probablility of having a common issue. . Were there any large-scale arms manufacturers in the lat 1700s-early 1800s? thanks, Charles
Hello I do much Civil War reenacting and come across other reenactors in different eras. I have also noticed from my own experiance that the Weapons even though the US army approved a specific weapon for standard use many units still used out of date weapons. The Mexican war had many weapons both Flint lock and the "new" 1842 Springfield 69 cal smooth bore cap musket. This is the model that the unit I reenact in and an ancestor of mine served in used. You are looking at 20 years later a very out of date weapon. So I would be safe to say that While the units may have used differing weapons the Regulars used the same basically. Just remember that the British did not allow the colonies to mass product weapons for war or stockades. So the weapons of the Revelution where vast and very different in nature. I am sorry I don't have much to document but that is what I can gleen off of my reenactment crowds. dan charles s brack jr wrote: > I'm curious as to when we started having a standard weapon issue--when all > were issued the same basic weapon. Let's start at the company level, where > there might be the probablility of having a common issue. > > . Were there any large-scale arms manufacturers in the lat 1700s-early > 1800s? > > thanks, Charles > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- *****************Thank you for reading this email****************** Please visit my genealogy site for all of my family members descendants and ancestors alike. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geyerseybold/ Geyer family genealogy sites are a part of Roots Excavation inc. Roots Excavation inc. is pleased to bring you - Albin-l@rootsweb.com Dreher-l@rootsweb.com Leffler-l@rootsweb.com Leitzel-l@rootsweb.com Sagle-l@rootsweb.com Shaull-l@rootsweb.com Seiders-l@rootsweb.com -email forums that allows you to connect farther. - Thanks Yours, Daniel Geyer Esq.