"Upgrading my Berdan Sharpshooters" Topic
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| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 24 Jun 2023 8:39 p.m. PST |
After stumbling across this neat Sharpshooters image, I decided to upgrade my Berdan Sharpshooters by giving them all telescopic sights! I clipped small pieces of excess piano wire from my Flag Dude Flags and attached with a small dab of super glue before painting. The figures are 15mm AB Eureka.
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| BigfootLover | 24 Jun 2023 9:11 p.m. PST |
Those look great! What a neat idea. |
 Old Contemptible  | 25 Jun 2023 2:32 a.m. PST |
Not sure all of them had scoped rifles. Still a neat idea. But I might have done just a few. In the early days of the units, most furnished their own target shooting rifles, and a lot of them had scopes. But I am not sure about the army-issuing scopes. Privately purchased? YouTube link These photos show some of them with scopes and some of them without scopes. They tend to show off the ones with scopes. link |
| Perris0707 | 25 Jun 2023 11:11 a.m. PST |
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| Old Contemptible | 25 Jun 2023 12:55 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 25 Jun 2023 2:19 p.m. PST |
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| jgawne | 25 Jun 2023 5:18 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 27 Jun 2023 7:43 a.m. PST |
Seems like there was a manufacturer that designed them that way. Heritage/Der Kreigspiellers? Then again, maybe it was Confederate sharpshooters with telescopes. 15mm Nice |
| Normal Guy | 21 Jul 2023 12:59 p.m. PST |
Nice looking figs, Larry. |
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