Original U.S. Burnside Rifle Company Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine - Serial Number 2454 Madsen LMG but the 10-pr could not
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Original U.S. Burnside Rifle Company Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine Serial Number 2454 Madsen LMG but the 10 pr could not but the 10 pr could not be used unless friction igniters were to hand: the lengthy axial vent running through the breech block made conventional touchhole ignition impossible Thus this rifle was a Lee Metford Mk II from 1892 until 1905