Record Data
Source citation
“Beautiful Weapon,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, February 3, 1862, p. 3: 1.
Newspaper: Publication
Fayetteville Semi Weekly Observer
Newspaper: Headline
Beautiful Weapon
Newspaper: Page(s)
3
Newspaper: Column
1
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
BEAUTIFUL WEAPON. – A few days ago we were shown one of a number of rifles finished at the C. S. Armory here. It is much the same, in general appearance, as the U. S. rifle for some years past made at Harper’s Ferry and at Springfield, Mass.; but for certain improvements, in the matter of sword bayonet, Maynard primer, and perfection of finish in all parts, it must be pronounced very far superior. The back-sights are set for 300 and 500 yards.
Altogether, we think it the handsomest specimen of small-arms, rifle or musket, we have ever seen – reflecting the greatest credit upon all concerned in its manufacture.
