Help with Remington-Lee 45-70 (Navy)

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rudybolla
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Re: Help with Remington-Lee 45-70 (Navy)

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Nice example. Can't help in taking it apart. Trivia: USS OLYMPIA had several hundred of these rifles onboard when she sailed for the Orient in 1895. Lots of people think that since she fired the first shots to begin the Spanish American War on May1, 1898, that she had Krags or Winchester Lee Navy rifles. But in those days, you did not resupply a squadron on station, especially with small arms.
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