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Soft steel barrels and wood stocks. Hardened steel barrels came with smokeless gunpowders in the 20th century. Civil War guns used black gunpowder.
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How did the Confederate soldiers reload their rifles in the Civil War?
Almost all Civil War rifles were muzzle loaders.
Did repepating rifles change the Civil War?
No
Did england produce the rifles in the civil war?
English rifles were used in the Civil War. As a neutral country, England and its businesses could sell to America for money.
What was the caliber of the first Springfield Trapdoor rifles made after the end of the civil war?
The first Springfield Trapdoor rifles, built right after the civil war and often converted from the older Springfield rifled muskets, were .50 caliber, but the later versions were .45
When were rifles invented?
Rifles were invented in the 15th Century, during the Civil War Period. If you are asking about when lands and grooves were used in barrels, the answer would be a few hundred years before the Civil War.
How did the civil war change warfare?
Technology took made many improvements during the Civil War. The guns went from smoothbore muskets to rifles that used minie balls. The Civil War also saw torpedoes, submarines and Gatling guns.
Did rifles kill many of the soldiers in the civil war?
Certainly - but not as many as disease.
Who made the first sniper rifle?
Some of the Pennsylvania long rifles might stake that claim, but prior to the Civil War, Sharps made especially accurate rifles, and they were used for long range shooting. Their name is still with us today- if you are a sharpshooter.
Is it true thay new technology such as rifles railroads submarines ironclad ships and hand grenades helped to make the civil war one of the deadliest in US?
What made the Civil War one of the deadliest in American history, was everyone in it was an American.
Is there shotguns rifles handguns and knives in the American civil war?
not shotguns, but yes to the others
What weapons were used in the civil war for both sides?
rifles, sowrd, arrowes, knifes
What weapon was introduced during the civil war?
A number of weapons were introduced during the Civil War. Rifled artillery, invented during the 1840s, was developed to the point of being useful and first deployed to effect in the Civil War. Most, but not all, of these were muzzle loaded. Breachloading rifles with brass cartridges were first used for warfare in the Civil War. Repeating Rifles were also first introduced in the Civil War. The Civil War was the first conflict in which revolvers loaded with brass cartridges were used.
