. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. , but soon theirdemand was Small gun no good : big gun, big noise, big bullet; no boysgun for Indian. And thereafter they would buy only those of large calibre :the Kings Arm or the Queens Arm was the gun for them. The 1822 modelwas the first American gun, and was at the time superior to any foreignarm. The 1840 model was the musket used in the Polk or Mexican 1855, or Maynard Primer Model, was used with good results by the regular army on the western and north-western frontier in enga
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. , but soon theirdemand was Small gun no good : big gun, big noise, big bullet; no boysgun for Indian. And thereafter they would buy only those of large calibre :the Kings Arm or the Queens Arm was the gun for them. The 1822 modelwas the first American gun, and was at the time superior to any foreignarm. The 1840 model was the musket used in the Polk or Mexican 1855, or Maynard Primer Model, was used with good results by the regular army on the western and north-western frontier in engagementswith the Indians. Of this model, when the late war began, only about40,000 had been made; and, as many of these had been distributed to thearmy, what remained in store were in use early in 1861, so that untilthe 1862 model could be made and put into the field, the regulars and thevolunteers were provided with such arms as could be procured for them,either at home or abroad; accordingly Enfields, Austrians, Bel-gians, flint-locks, rifles, fowling-pieces, any thing in the shape of a gun that. WELDING AND ROLLING GUN BARRELS, AND DRAWING RAMRODSIn Water-shops, 252 KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. would carry a leaden ball when backed by powder, were in use by the sol-diers of the North. The 1873 breech-loader is — with perhaps slightmodification—the model breech-loader of the day. Thomas Blanchardsmachine for turning irregular forms was introduced into the Armory in 1820,during Col. Roswell Lees administration. An old Armorer distinctlyremembers the following circumstance, he being at the time a fellow-boarderwith Mr. Blanchard: One Sunday we particularly noticed Mr. Blanchard,for he had in his hands a musket which he seemed to be meditating meditation was nothing new; for he was a man who said but few words,a man who communed with himself, or, rather, did a great deal of head orbrain work in a quiet way. But now he had something in his hands uponwhich his thoug
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