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  • M1842 Springfield Ammunition

    Hi,

    Does anyone know if soldiers issued M1842 Springfield muskets, used 58 caliber ammunition on the battlefield; if and when the 69 caliber ammunition ran out? I would think that they would use the 58 caliber ammunition if it was the only ammunition that they could find. Thanks.
    Andrew Kasmar

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    Re: M1842 Springfield Ammunition

    I would imagine it would be more likely for them to be pulled out of the line and sent to resupply while a fresh unit moved in to take their place.
    Michael Comer
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      Re: M1842 Springfield Ammunition

      I don't know if you've ever tried to fire a 60 grain powder charge out of your 42 with anything rammed on top of it but when I tried it, it didn't cook off. It was a matter of the paper covering the flash hole. I switched to a .69 cal tube with a 90 grain blank charge and it sounds like thunder. I had her barking loud at the Mill:wink_smil.
      Chris R. Henderson

      Big'uns Mess/Black Hat Boys
      WIG/GVB
      In Memory of Wm. Davis Couch, Phillips Legion Cav. from Hall Co. GEORGIA

      It's a trick, Gen. Sherman!...there's TWO of 'em! ~Lewis Grizzard

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        Re: M1842 Springfield Ammunition

        Hi,

        Thanks for the information. I was just at a reenactment this last weekend, and I was using 65 grain rounds in my M1842 Springfield, and it would not fire. I have been wonder why it did not go off, but that would explain it.
        Andrew Kasmar

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