US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
POTD: 1871 Ward-Burton Trials Carbine - America's First Bolt Action
Summary by alloutdoor.com
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.1 Articles
1 Articles
POTD: 1871 Ward-Burton Trials Carbine - America's First Bolt Action
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Springfield Armory Model 1871 Ward-Burton trials carbine, one of the earliest attempts at getting the U.S. military to adopt a bolt-action repeater. This thing showed up right when the Army was trying to figure out if repeating rifles were actually worth the money or just expensive headaches. Bethel Burton and William Ward designed this rifle in the late 1860s, and it hit military trials around…
Coverage Details
Total News Sources1
Leaning Left0Leaning Right0Center0Last UpdatedBias DistributionNo sources with tracked biases.
Bias Distribution
- There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
