Army Rifle Team

Army Rifle Team

Tom Trevor has the original of this print. There is a copy hanging in the Custer Battlefield Museum. Tom feels the Army Shooting Team photo dates around 1884 or earlier due to the fact that none of the soldiers are wearing marksman bars or sharpshooter crosses which came out in 1884. There is a lot of detail in the picture. Some of the more obvious features are: the rifles have Model 1879 rear sights, and the stocks are the short wrist long comb style.

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