Re: Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:08 pm
The Swiss didn't stay in the lead of the arms race for long though. The very year of this massacre, 1871, three brothers sold their design for a magazine-fed bolt action rifle to the Prussian military. Their surname was Mauser.Tower.75 wrote:Ah. I see your point.In 1871 it is much more likely (to me) that the slaves bought second hand muzzle loaders.
Maybe they had Swiss Veterlis. :lol:
I always find it amazing that when everyone was banging at each other with large-calibre, single shot breech-loaders, the Swiss had a small-bore, magazine-fed, bolt action rifle.
