50 caliber was fairly common as well, and rifled with a fast turn-in-18 to 22 inches rifling twist. Typical of the period, this rifle was likely of. riflescope) mounted military sniper rifles, or as they were known then, a Sharpshooter rifle. This particular rifle, and telescopic rifle sight, was built by master riflesmith Morgan James, of Utica, NY in probably the late 1850's or early 1860's - and saw service during the Civil War as one of the very first telescopic sight (a.k.a. and whatever else it took to get the absolute best accuracy from the muzzleloader, and who precisely built each and every load exactly the same, these rifles regularly produced 10-shot 200-yard-plus groups that were less than 2-inches across center-to-center. This was the "high performance muzzleloader" of its day, and when shot by an accuracy conscious shooter who took the time to find just the right combination of powder. The heavy barreled long-range muzzleloading target rifle shown above is of the typical 1840's thru 1860's design, and so is the early telescopic rifle sight that's mounted on this rifle.
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