I Have This Old Gun: Model 1841 Mississippi Rifle

Описание: In the early 1840s, just as the U.S. military was transitioning from the flintlock musket to percussion-primed longarms, there emerged a new rifle that armed the sharpshooters of the Army: the Model 1841 "Mississippi" rifle. Watch our "American Rifleman Television" I Have This Old Gun segment above to hear the history of the Mississippi and see how it shoots on the range.

"Right in that period, as they're transitioning, there emerges what is just a beautiful, beautiful arm. It's one of the, in my opinion, the best-looking small arms of the 19th century, and that's the Model 1841 rifle," American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. "Nobody really calls it the Model 1841 rifle, because everybody calls it the 'Mississippi.'"

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