. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . changes to be made to accomplish this. It was found thatthere were in the arsenals but ten thousand rifles of .58-inch cali-ber, the standard size deemed best for the military service, andit was decided to ream up to that size all arms of less Govermiient shops were working to their utmost capacity,and could not make the alterations without serious injury tothe necessary business from an interruption of the oj^erationsand consequent diminution of the output. Certain jjrivatefirms took over all the small arms that were t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . changes to be made to accomplish this. It was found thatthere were in the arsenals but ten thousand rifles of .58-inch cali-ber, the standard size deemed best for the military service, andit was decided to ream up to that size all arms of less Govermiient shops were working to their utmost capacity,and could not make the alterations without serious injury tothe necessary business from an interruption of the oj^erationsand consequent diminution of the output. Certain jjrivatefirms took over all the small arms that were to be changed, paidthe Government a price almost equal to the original cost price,reamed them to the standard size, put on sword-bajonets, andreturned them to the Government at a slight advance, sufficientto c()\er the cost of the work and give a small margin of profitThereby, the service secured a supply of arms that would takethe regulation ammunition. The consensus of expert opinion at the time inclinedtoward the use of the muzzle-loader in j^i^^f^i^^^c to.
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