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To: SAMWolf

Something I've always wanted to know, what is a musketoon?


62 posted on 02/02/2005 9:37:55 PM PST by Valin (Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield)
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To: Valin

This is an 1858 Enfield Artillery Musketoon, in .577 calibre. It was made chiefly at the government armory in Enfield, England. The musketoon was sighted to 800 yards. The Musketoon was considerably smaller than its sister, the Enfield rifle, measuring about 40 inches long.

I guess it was the equivalent of the carbine in it's day.

63 posted on 02/02/2005 9:48:00 PM PST by SAMWolf (The new Divorce Barbie: Comes with all of Ken's belongings.)
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