Spring|field rifle

Spring|field rifle
Spring|field rifle «SPRIHNG feeld»,
1. a type of breechloading rifle,.30 caliber, with bolt action, adopted by the U.S. Army in 1903.
2. a muzzleloading, single-shot rifle,.58 caliber, used by the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
[< Springfield, a city in Massachusetts, where a United States Army arsenal is located]

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