Shooting the Swiss Model 1851 Feldstutzer rifle
Switzerland
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22m
Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball Capandball's detailed study about the rifle: http://kapszli.hu/en/the-model-1851-feldstutzer-and-its-impact-on-rifle-development-part-1/ For buying our Civil War cartridge boxes: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Now this was a quite a long research project, but finally the video is ready covering the history, development, and ballistics of the Swiss Model 1851 percussion rifle, the first small calibre military rifle of the World.
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