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Firearms >> Other Firearms >> "Artillery Colts" came earlier than I thought http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1525546870 Message started by butlersrangers on May 5^th, 2018 at 7:01pm

Title: "Artillery Colts" came earlier than I thought
Post by butlersrangers on May 5^th, 2018 at 7:01pm

The 1895 "Report of the Secretary of War .... " had this gem in it.

I mistakenly believed the 'story', that the shortened "Artillery Colts", were a stopgap that was implemented during the Philippine campaigns.

Photo of a replica attached:

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