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| DEPARTMENT DECEMBER 2009 |
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| SURPLUS LOCKER Holt Bodinson |
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The Revolutionary Hall Let me count the ways … |
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| The Hall was the earliest percussion rifle adopted by any nation. It was also one of the most successful early breechloaders. |
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It was the first military breechloader and first percussion firearm adopted for general issue by any country. It was the first military rifle that featured truly interchangeable parts manufactured entirely by machine tools at both government and private armories. Patented by John Hancock Hall of Maine in 1811, Hall’s flintlock and percussion rifles and percussion carbines soldiered on successfully for decades, at least until the end of the Civil War. And by chance, the Hall was also to be the center of one of the great “surplus arms” scandals of the period. In short, the Hall story is simply remarkable. |
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