tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36657149.post1040385473807221465..comments2023-12-17T23:18:11.523-08:00Comments on Guns & Knives: Hall Breech Loading Rifle, Americas first breech loaderAdamVChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680118608361713011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36657149.post-59977999421098375892010-05-04T18:59:33.294-07:002010-05-04T18:59:33.294-07:00I never said the Brown Bess got scrapped/never use...I never said the Brown Bess got scrapped/never used again by the USA. The Hall was purchased to replace the Bess. Besides, you are not arguing with me (the lowly blogger) about this either, this info has all been compiled by NRA historians.<br /><br />You were right however about the upper picture, I uploaded the wrong one. Small victory there...AdamVChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680118608361713011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36657149.post-21683578835217218992010-05-04T07:25:17.523-07:002010-05-04T07:25:17.523-07:00I have never seen such historical ignorance and fa...I have never seen such historical ignorance and false information. The upper picture is a trap-door Springfield rifle of post-civil war vintage - not a Hall. The Hall did not replace anything, most particularly the British Brown Bess. It was a new concept in long arms for the US military Ordinance Dept., and though thousands were purchased, it ultimately was never adopted as replacement for the smooth bore muskets then dominant in the military.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36657149.post-16474013558650713842010-05-04T04:20:43.704-07:002010-05-04T04:20:43.704-07:00Additionally, the Hall predecessor was from a succ...Additionally, the Hall predecessor was from a succession of musket designs copied from the French 1763-66 Charleville and the 1777 Charleville, not the Brown Bess musket.rishelavernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914620004558999751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36657149.post-55772190675736376242009-12-11T08:25:05.214-08:002009-12-11T08:25:05.214-08:00The original Hall was a flint lock not a cap and b...The original Hall was a flint lock not a cap and ball. The existing weapons began being converted in the mid 1840's with all new production, beginning in 1841 or 42being cap and ball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com