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Buzzcook · February 18, 2014, 03:45 PM

They transposed a number. It was the 1855 Springfield that started the .58caliber musket, not 1885.

That changed to .50 in 1866 with a hodge podge of calibers during the war.

February 18, 2014, 03:45 PM	#29
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	They transposed a number. It was the 1855 Springfield that started the .58caliber musket, not 1885. That changed to .50 in 1866 with a hodge podge of calibers during the war.