120mm Berdan Sniper, ACW - Mitches Military Models

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MMM

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Hi folks,

Here's a preview of our up and coming release

120mm Berdan Sniper, American Civil War, sculpted by Maurice Corry

We'll hopefully have this available by the end of the month.

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"Berdan sniper" therefore because the boy uses a sharpshooters rifle that was invented by the gun designer and famous shooter Hiram Berdan ...:



Interesting, perhaps, that the gunman oi the next picture used a bayonet as a pad for his "Berdan" - I've never seen so before ...:



Hiram Berdan was at the same time the "Spiritus Rector" behind the US Sharpshooters!



Interestingly perhaps, that a weapon system Berdan was at that time the standard infantry rifle of the Russian army!



The "Berdan" had replaced the obsolete "Krnka" carabiner and remained in use until 1889, when the new Mosin-Nagant rifle was introduced.
 

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