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Originally posted by 82Rigger Blue,
You're right about the Little Bighorn fight. Custer's troopers were armed with Colt 1873 SAA 45 caliber revolvers and Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield rifles.
The Trapdoor Springfield was our military rifle until 1892 when the Army adopted the .30 caliber Krag-Jorgensen rifle...a bolt action repeater.
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If I recall correctly, the ratio of shots fired by tribes vs 7th Cav was something 12:3 per minute... so a lot more lead was found at troopers skirmish positions than brass casings.