The US M1855 pistol carbine and reviving the Maynard tape primer
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This is a lovely project. I always had a crush on the tape priming system of the M1855 US arms even if I knew it was useless. This is the 2nd part of the series about the M1855 pistol carbine, that I dedicated to Maynard's tape priming idea. Here is what I found out.
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