[This pic embiggens] As several of you got to with fair ease, yesterday's quickie whatziss was indeed an Austrian 1867 Werndl rifle. The Castle's Austrian M1867 Werndl rifle is a "turning block"conversion of the standard Austrian muzzle-loader, made as armies struggled to keep up with each other in a time of rapidly acclerating technological change and restricted budgets. Not to be confused with the Remington "rolling block" rifles or the Springfield Arsenal "Trapdoor" conversions of US rifled muskets or the Brit Sniders. The difference in approach are defined by where the axis of rotation is. In a "rolling block" the...
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Jan 07 2012, 09:52 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..