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I admit could never tell the difference between an 1866 Model Springfield TD and and 1873 model ( other than by caliber i guess) i believe the troops at both Wagon Box and Hayfield used single shot TD rifles. Dee Brown's book on the Fetterman massacre discusses how suprised the Indians were higher rate of fire of the TD rifles, as opposed to the muzzle loaders used by the infantry troops at The Fetterman fight. The cavalry troopers that died at Fetterman were using Spencer rifles and were killed when their ammo was exhausted and their targets concealed by the smoke of black powder. The Wikipedia article i quoted, ( with all the limitations of Wikipedia) was on the 1866 model Springfield TD.
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