The first conical bullet and the Model 1849 chamber rifle
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This is the story of the Model 1849 Austrian Kammerbüchse (chamber rifle, or the Garibaldi rifle as it was called in the American Civil War) designed for the first conical bullet type, the cylindro-conical Spitzkugel. The video will give you a detailed insight of thhe development, service, accuracy, making cartridges, external and wound ballistics and impact on tactics. Get ready for some 30-200 m target shooting with service cartridges. Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying Capandball Civil War cartridge boxes, cartridge formers, arsenal labels and US arsenal Stadias: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 or the Capandball webpage: https://capandball.com/termekkategoria/capandball-products-2/
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