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Old July 31, 2018, 12:05 PM   #38
rodwhaincamo
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Some felt it was the massive charges coupled with the pointy Pickett bullets being loaded backwards creating something like a shaped charge. And according to the research done by Bates and Cumpston the records are a bit inaccurate as to just how many were damaged with soldiers keeping them but claiming them damaged or lost.

There’s also been a metallurgy concern for those original guns claimed.
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