Flying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 4 months agoU.S. Civil War Reenactors (Rockville, Indiana)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1imageU.S. Civil War Reenactors (Rockville, Indiana)lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThis is wild speculation, but I have two guesses: The battlefields are right here at home. The civil war post-dates the switch in manufacturing to interchangeable parts with defined tolerances. This makes it a whole lot easier to build and maintain the firearms.
This is wild speculation, but I have two guesses: