1866-1900 field uniforms.

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

I have a few different rifles I am thinking about....Mosin m-91, Steryr m-95, Swiss schmidt-rubin m-96.  Also Small ring mausers.  Any good available sources on the field uniforms for that eguipment.   Those are in my budget range at this time.   So,  My spouse and I have done Histoical reenacting from Viking, 900ad thru civil war Navy (making our own garb).
All we need is something to look at and basic pattern Ideas.  Thanks

[St. George]

Osprey's 'Man At Arms' series has color plates that are well detailed.

You can find them in a number of places - including hobby shops catering to plastic modelers.

Scouts Out!

[Drydock]

Do a search on Ebay, you'll find dozens of them, new and used.  I would advise anything to do with the Boxer Rebellion.  Naval infantry is particularly easy, you might start out with that. 

[pony express]

Small ring Mauser with late 1890's period civilian clothes could be Boer War.

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

I found that the August "Guns" magazine had and article on WW1 and showed Uniforms with some of the main Rifles.
  I'll also check out the Osprey books.   
Can a Remington Rolling Block be used with a US persona?   Or Boer war?  A local Pawn shop has a couple of them in 7MM.

[Drydock]

The 7mm Rolling block was used just about everywhere, but it fair screams "Mexican Revolution"  Also popular with Boers, French North Africa, Cuba, Phillipines, South America, etc.  Not really useful for a US portrayal though.  Love to have one.  If the price is good I'd grab one!

Was me, I'd wear a big hat, serape, crossed cartridge belts, an SAA, and yell "Viva Villa" till Dell threw a hambone at me . . .

[River City John]

Was me, I'd wear a big hat, serape, crossed cartridge belts, an SAA, and yell "Viva Villa" till Del threw a hambone at me . . .

Both images below ca. 1876 Mexico. Typical gentry and peasant.

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

What did the Boers use for rifles during the first Boer war?  I remember reading that they had better rifles than the Brits.
Any good books on the subject?

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

http://www.angloboerwar.com/

For the Boers, a small ring 7 x 57 Mauser was most numerous I think, and was the most feared by the British Imperials.  My favorite Boer unit is the Scandinavian Korps, which were issued 88 Commission rifles. The Boers also had some Danish Krags made by Steyr.

Look through this related thread;

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,52811.0.html

[pony express]

For the First Boer War(1880-81), I think it was a bit early for any small ring Mausers. The British would have been armed with Martini henry rifles. A quick search found this site:
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol052fm.html

It mentions Spencers, '73 Winchesters, and Swiss Vetterlis for repeaters, and Martini, Wesley Richards, and Snyders as single shots being available in the area at that time.

So there's a combat use of River City John's Vetterli!

[Pitspitr]

What's your roller chambered in? I use a .50/70. Mine is a New York State Militia  M-1871. The Us Navy used some and the Army experimented with them in the 1870's.

[Lord Eoin MacKenzie]

The shop has 2 Rollers in 7mm, a complete with a Bayonet Martini Henry, and a Trap door.   I am looking at trading in my AK with 15+ mags and 2K+ worth of ammo.  We'll have to see what He thinks its worth 

[pony express]

Is the Martini Henry a British made, not Nepalese? That would be a good one to have, Trapdoors are always good to own, too. Question to our ordinance officer: Were any of the 7MM Rollers pre-1900? They're the only ones that look different among all the rolling blocks(Except maybe the French 8mm ones), having the slim barrel and handguard. I'm thinking that's a 1902 model, but could be wrong.

[Drydock]

My research seems to indicate that when Remington came out with the first Smokeless proofed RBs in 1897, the 7mm was one of the chamberings offered.