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refer to record number 12718

Designation:	3.2in Breech Loading Rifle - Experimental
Model:	3in Ordnance Rifle M1861 - converted
Identification No:	West Point 3: US

Designed by:	US Army Ordnance Department
Built at:	Phoenix Iron Co
	Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Year :	1881
Rebuilt/Upgraded at:	West Point Foundry
Built as:	3in Ordnance Rifle, s/n 939, 1865
Item Category:	Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner:	Smithgall Foundation for the Preservation of American A

Comments:

sliding breech-block conversion of 3in Ordnance rifle

Current Status:	Static Display
Access:	By Appointment
Location:	Smithgall Foundation for the Preservation of American Artillery
	Drumore Township
	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 280: D18, 74

Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1881, appendix 7c, pg 409

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Last update to record: 2022-06-21