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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Benteen[/i] [br]While reading the Reno Court of Inquiry I came along something that I think is quite interesting. Most accounts on the boards that I have heard say that the range of the Winchester at that time was only about 200 yards. Reno in his testimony before the Court testified otherwise. He stated there that the range was 800 to 1000 yards! And that he personally witnessed in 1873 an antelope killed at a range of 900 yards. Even if this is the maximum effective range of that weapon then surely 1/2 of that range 450 yards or thereabouts would be the effective range. This changes the dynamic of the fighting on and around LSH. The Warriors wouldn't have close to within range of the Springfield. In other words according to Reno, who should know, the Winchester had the capability to be as effective as the Springfield and more so because of its rate of fire. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in This Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.