Original U.S. Civil War type Armstrong Inert 12-Pounder Studded Shell Long Pattern Hand Select:No Prismatic Binoculars

Prismatic Binoculars

or “screwed”

colors vary

Before the SMLE

Clinging to the glorious Victorian traditions the Regiment replicated these 1880's traditional Red Tunics

Original U.S. Civil War type Armstrong Inert 12-Pounder Studded Shell Long Pattern Hand Select:No Prismatic BinocularsOriginal Item: The most advanced artillery in use during the American Civil War had rifled bores, which gave greatly increased range and accuracy. Since the war occurred just as rifling was being developed for artillery, a host of different rifling schemes were tried. Among the most famous and interesting was the British Armstrong studded shell, which was designed for muzzle loading cannon that had been modified by cutting three deep rifling grooves