Confederate Sharpshooters

[Duff]

Re: Civil War Sniper's Sight

Interesting. The History Channel was wrong!

Sharpshooter was much more common. I have heard marksmen used as well.

[BobbyHughes]

Davidson Telescopic Sight

Comrades,

Tried the search, but to no avail, so here goes

Does anyone do a repop of the English Davidson scope used on some Whitworth rifles? I saw what looked like one on the PAG/Lee's Sharpshooters sight and was wondering if it was a repop scope that was mounted like the Davidson or if it was a copy of the later, or perhaps an original scope

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Hallo!

It has been a year or two, or more... but I remember the Gibbs Rifle Company came with a repro of the 4 Power side-mounted Davidson sight. (Although it was modfied for modern shooters by raising the height to be able to shoot in the modern off-hand or sitting positions rather than the 19th century "back rest" position..

I do not know if they are still in buisness, and their website does not open: Gibbs Rifle Company, Rt. 2, Box 214 Hoffman Rd., Martinsburg, WV 25401, FAX (304) 274-0078. Website at http://www.gibbsrifle.com.

Curt
Company "A," 1st USSS (LH)

[Ken]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Bobby,

Don't know much about this area however this sutler is offering a variety of scopes. Can't say whether this will meet your needs or how good they are, but worth a look anyway

http://cwsutler.hypermart.net/BCA_Scope.html#Stevens

[Marc29thGA]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Bobby,

PAG/LSS is a great group, drop them an e-mail and they can give you more information or at least point you in the right direction.

Kindest Regards,

[BobbyHughes]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Thanks all for the help! As usual, ya'll exceed the bar...

[Gary of CA]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Remember, getting a scope is one thing. Getting the correct mounts is another. There use to be a fellow who made a limited run of reproduction mounts. Even then, you have to have the skill to install them correctly. Those Malcom scopes are nice, but 3/4" diameter may be larger than the original Davidson scope.

[BobbyHughes]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

Gary,

OH yes, I've taken all that into account:D I figured that if someone made the scope, they'd have the mounts as well. The only problem I can see with the Malcom scopes is that they are too long, and mount above the barrel, not on the side per the original Davidsons.

[Rebbeh]

Re: Davidson Telescopic Sight

I believe these are the scopes they have on the Lee's Sharpshooters website.

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=telescopic

[TheRegularsDrummerCo.H]

Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Hello All,

I am joining the 47th Virginia. Next Year we are going to start doing a Confederate Sharpshoter Impression. What would be better, a Mississippi Rifle of a 2 Band Enfield. Also Did Confederate Sharpshooters have a Certain Insginia on their coat or hat?

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Adam Ward
Sykes Regulars
NR

[Silas]

Re: Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Here are a couple quick links :

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3423

http://www.chesapeakevolunteerguard.org/ at page 7 - 8 in Volume I, issue 3 of the July, 2006 newsletter.

http://www.cfspress.com/sharpshooters/index.html - The sharpshooter book has much more usable information online than I expected.

After that, you're on your own. You cannot learn much when you're being spoonfed. Also, you'll need to narrow your sharpshooter impression down to a specific brigade instead of "Confederate".

[Marc29thGA]

Re: Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Adam,

Welcome to a very fascinating subject that has been of great interest to me. A must have on the subject is Fred L. Ray’s book “Shock Troops of the Confederacy” – check Amazon or order it from the third link Silas provided to you.

Happy reading!

[BrianHicks]

Re: Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Hello All,

I am joining the 47th Virginia. Next Year we are going to start doing a Confederate Sharpshoter Impression. What would be better, a Mississippi Rifle of a 2 Band Enfield. Also Did Confederate Sharpshooters have a Certain Insginia on their coat or hat?

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Adam Ward
Sykes Regulars
NR

It would be prudent to carry which ever weapon the folks in the 47th want everyone in their unit to carry. You should ask some one in the 47th which weapon that will be.

Now.... having offered that. Consider this... how many events in the past few years have called for an impression of the 47th Va. or more specifically, how many events have called for an impression of Confederate Sharpshooters? To my recollection... None. If you get items for a specialty impression, how often will you be able to use them? At the events we see promoted on these forums, very rarely.

[TheRegularsDrummerCo.H]

Re: Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Brian

My Unit Commander said we will do more living Histories than anything. He said whenever we do reenactments we would go out as Skirmishers.

Adam Ward
Sykes Regulars
NR

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Which Rifle for a Sharpshooter Impression.

Hallo!

Herr Adam...

IMHO sage wisdom being offered above.
IMMO, before proceeding I would:

1. Research and document what arms the 47th Virginia actually used (when and where) , and then check with your unit commanders to see what might be the "unit standard" for your recreated version?

2. I would also look to how your unit is defining or operationalizing "do more living Histories." What does that actually mean in terms of what kind of events, doing what?

3. Skirmish order and skirmishers do not involve sharpshooters or sharpshooter type long-range rifles.

As already shared, "specialty impressions" are, well, limited specialty impressions and do not NUG "fit into" the "authentic campaigning" realm very well.

Curt
Company "A," 1st USSS (LH)
Company "C,", 7th ICOVSS (LH)