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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ohiorider on November 28, 2015, 12:10:56 PM
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Here's a couple of pics of my mother's father. Since I came along later in my parent's marriage, I only knew one grandparent. This gentleman wasn't that grandparent. Both grandfathers and grandmother on my dad's side had died years before. On a recent trip to my home town, I spent time with an older cousin who had these two old photos of Granddad Cain when he was in the Spanish American War. He was approx. 24-25 years old at the time.
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n284/bcgilligan/BT%20Cain%20Spanish%20American%20War%20pics/BT%20Cain%20PPT%20to%20JPEG_zpsanxr2lxa.jpg) (http://s115.photobucket.com/user/bcgilligan/media/BT%20Cain%20Spanish%20American%20War%20pics/BT%20Cain%20PPT%20to%20JPEG_zpsanxr2lxa.jpg.html)
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n284/bcgilligan/BT%20Cain%20Spanish%20American%20War%20pics/Slide1_zpseyoc2mgn.jpg) (http://s115.photobucket.com/user/bcgilligan/media/BT%20Cain%20Spanish%20American%20War%20pics/Slide1_zpseyoc2mgn.jpg.html)
Thought I'd include this one since it contains the name of the photo studio in Cuba
In the pic of him by himself, it is obvious that the background is a studio backdrop. I'm thinking the rifle may have also been a prop owned by the photographer, vs an at that time current rifle. It looks like a much older cap and ball setup, which, with my limited knowledge of military weapons, would have come from several years prior to 1898.
Any thoughts from you experts on this?
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prop.our troops had 30/40 Krags a modern bolt rifle.
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Some troops in that war still carried the .45/70 trapdoor rifle but that one is a cap and ball and not military.
From the size and length of barrel it may be a shot gun.
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Not period US Army issue. BA-American History with an interest towards the military.
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Some troops in that war still carried the .45/70 trapdoor rifle but that one is a cap and ball and not military.
From the size and length of barrel it may be a shot gun.
Yeah, my first thought was percussion smooth bore.
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The ammo belt he is wearing was standard issue with the 30/40 Krag. The rifle he is holding is a photo prop.
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Pretty cool old pics :thumb: Can't comment on the gear but here's my grandfather's discharge paper from the same era.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/discharge%20001_zpslufeyp3m.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/discharge%20001_zpslufeyp3m.jpg.html)
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My guess would be he's holding a "fowling piece" for filling the squad, platoon, company pot.
He's wearing a cartridge belt for metallic cartridges but holding a cap/ball muzzle loading piece.
Todd.
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Looks like it could be a n enfield .58 caliber civil war era firearm . the barrel bands look similar and so does the hammer.