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Offline cheng

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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2012, 04:38:19 »
thanks for the very clear pictures Vauban and everyone for your comments ;)
I'm no expert with rifles...what is the (new?) shorter rifle supposed to be? (I like to check on its earliest year of use in case its post-ACW and meaning I can only use them for my Indian Wars) :)
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2012, 08:53:16 »
Many thanks for the pictures. I like this set very much. :love:

George. :)
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2012, 17:21:19 »
I loved these photos - thank you for posting them!  Is it bad that the first thought I had was looking at the guy on the left and thinking 'those braces would be great for a customised white-shirted 1940's guy'  ;D

In answer to Justindo's comment about red trim and chevrons, perhaps they are just very mobile artillery troops?  (I'm imagining them galloping up, towing their cannon... um... no...maybe not!)
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2012, 22:15:57 »
they looking ok but personally i like the old version better.. but its my personal opinion..
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2012, 00:26:00 »
Quote from: cheng on August 04, 2012, 04:38:19
thanks for the very clear pictures Vauban and everyone for your comments ;)
I'm no expert with rifles...what is the (new?) shorter rifle supposed to be? (I like to check on its earliest year of use in case its post-ACW and meaning I can only use them for my Indian Wars) :)

The short long-gun looks to be a percussion coach gun or, in the parlance of our times, a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun.  This type of shotgun would have been used during the Civil War, especially by Southern cavalry, and in the American West, especially to protect stagecoaches and in towns by Sheriffs.  It's a nice addition and I will be using them for my Western theme.
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Offline cheng

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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2012, 13:34:33 »
thanks Justindo! I'll use them in my CS army then ;)
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Offline Rasputin

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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2012, 14:41:14 »
Quote from: Justindo on August 05, 2012, 00:26:00
The short long-gun looks to be a percussion coach gun or, in the parlance of our times, a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun.  This type of shotgun would have been used during the Civil War, especially by Southern cavalry, and in the American West, especially to protect stagecoaches and in towns by Sheriffs.  It's a nice addition and I will be using them for my Western theme.

I know I will be ordering many of these for our western dioramas and using them just as you explained. Finally a 4th gun that fits in.
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2012, 16:34:06 »
There have been two sizes of those rifles for ages, I think...
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« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2012, 02:18:13 »
Quote from: tahra on August 08, 2012, 16:34:06
There have been two sizes of those rifles for ages, I think...
Oh? I thought the sawn-off rifle is new. do you have the part number Tahra?
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Re: 6274 3 Yankees
« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2012, 09:04:54 »
Quote from: cheng on August 09, 2012, 02:18:13
Oh? I thought the sawn-off rifle is new. do you have the part number Tahra?

No, sorry, but in my rifles box there were two sizes... we had to look about to give troopers matching ones...
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