Some cartridges get all the glory. The .30-06 Springfield sits on a throne. The .270 Winchester has its Jack O'Connor fan club. The .308 Winchester runs the precision rifle world. And then there's the .257 Roberts — a cartridge that does everything well, asks for nothing in return, and somehow still gets overlooked at the...
Category: History
The Lamson, Goodnow & Yale Special Model 1861: A Civil War Rifle-Musket from Windsor, Vermont
I was in a gunshop recently and spotted a rifle-musket in a display case right at the front of the store. The owner encouraged me take it out and look it over. It is a Lamson, Goodnow & Yale Special Model 1861, lock dated 1864, .58 caliber, 40-inch barrel. About nine and a half pounds....