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To: NFHale

But one thing you might find interesting from the Sharpe’s Rifles TV show, the Baker rifle it featured was also used by the Mexican army at the Alamo along with the Brown Bess musket.


6 posted on 02/20/2019 6:18:43 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

RE Baker Rifle:

Yes, the “95th Rifles” were Riflemen, not armed with smoothbore muskets.

I would assume the Mexicans bought them from the British...?


8 posted on 02/20/2019 6:31:55 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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