Military Manuals-

[JimBob]

I stumbled across this site that has PDF downloads of quite a number of 19th century military manuals that might be of interest to the readers here.Most of these are big downloads and take a while.Some hard to find ones and not often seen ones.

http://www.storymindmedia.com/angryalien/military_manuals.htm

[Drydock]

Interesting and informative.  Thank you!

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Geez I wish they had Confederate

TTFN,

[Trailrider]

Geez I wish they had Confederate

TTFN,

The fact is that many CSA units were state militia. Prior to the War they relied on Federal manuals, and utilized Federal equipment. Thus, except for arms and ammo obtained from overseas, past the blockade, they probably used the same manuals.

[JimBob]

Geez I wish they had Confederate

TTFN,

The few manuals the Confederacy issued were in general copies of U.S. manuals with a few alterations for the peculiarities of southern manufacture and material.

The Confederate 1863 Ordnance Manual is available and on sale right now from Gatehouse Press for $25-

https://gatehousepress.net/Online%20reader%20sale.html

https://gatehousepress.net/Ordnance%20manual.html

An excellent book on the South's efforts to supply it's armies is-

Never for Want of Powder-The Confederate Powder Works in Augusta,Georgia

[WaddWatsonEllis]

HI,I have been trying (without much success) to find out the ballistics and powder load for a Maynard Model 1...

I was just venting  .... nevermind~



TTFN,

[JimBob]

HI,I have been trying (without much success) to find out the ballistics and powder load for a Maynard Model 1...

I was just venting  .... nevermind~



TTFN,

Well lets see-

Hoyem's History and Development-

U.S.Maynard Carbine 1861 Bullet Weight 350 grs Powder Charge 43 grs

U.S.Maynard Carbine 1859 Bullet Weight 342 grs Powder Charge 50 grs-

Pitman's Notes-

#1 Poultney's Case Bullet Weight 341.58 grs Powder Charge 26.23 grs

#2 Bullet Weight 343.60 grs Powder Charge 50.02 grs

#3 Bullet Weight 349.62 grs Powder Charge 43.34 grs

From the 1862 Confederate Field Manual for Officers on Ordnance Duty-

Bullet 345 grains Powder Charge 55 grains

Powder granulation?Who knows,you can't get any duplicating what was available back then anyway.

Ballistics? The only period references to testing back then consisted mostly of shooting at targets at various ranges with number of shots fired and number of hits made recorded.

Modern data from testing in Schiffer's Civil War Carbines Myth vs. Reality.The author is European and says he used Swiss No.4 powder,I am not exactly sure what granulation that would be converted to in powders available here.He used a 354 grain Rapine bullet with 40grains of that powder and recorded in testing an average of 862 FPS muzzle velocity.He notes he used a card wad which was also used by some makers of the Maynard cartridges as well as by Maynard in the 1857 Ordnance Board test.The author also used Maynard's bullet lube formula of equal parts tallow (mutton was the preferred tallow I've read) and beeswax with an unspecified amount of graphite powder not exceeding 3% added.