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Never saw such a thing before. It was very loud and a bit silly, but fun.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

This is wild speculation, but I have two guesses:

  1. The battlefields are right here at home.
  2. The civil war post-dates the switch in manufacturing to interchangeable parts with defined tolerances. This makes it a whole lot easier to build and maintain the firearms.