Some amazing feats of marksmanship were reported during the American Civil War with ... were not fitted to rifles. Obviously, such scopes were not items of issue during the war.

The rifle optic is a Schmidt and Bender 5-25x56mm scope. Sniper rifles need to shoot great ... up in the hands of rebels in the Syrian Civil War, where it has proven effective against Syrian ...

Alex Garland, whose most recent film "Civil War" hit theaters ... in a period of quiet downtime as they scope out two targets on a rooftop with a sniper rifle. However, the action quickly ...

During the Civil War, a total of 45,733 Model 1860 carbines and 11,471 Model 1860 rifles were produced under U.S. Army Ordnance Department contracts. Approximately 1,000 additional Spencers-mainly ...

The International Rescue Committee charity says the humanitarian crisis driven by Sudan's civil war has been the biggest ever recorded for the second year in a row in 2024, with more than 30 ...

But when the Civil War began in 1861, members of the Guard left to join both the Union and the Confederacy. The Lexington Rifles had already organized with other Fayette County companies to form ...

On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., the Rowan Rifles Camp 405 ... of many books about the War Between the States including “North Carolina Remembers Gettysburg,” “Civil War Charlotte,” “North ...

Historian William C. "Jack" Davis has tried to answer that question in two books on what Civil War soldiers ate and what they had to say about it. Hardtack, a tough, flat, bland cracker ...

Some time about 1930, it was discovered that the blank ammunition for the old Civil War-style rifles used in the ceremonies was almost depleted and that no more was available. The Memorial Day ...

Releasing a movie called Civil War in this election year is certainly one way to grab headlines. Surprisingly, though, Alex Garland's ambitious new thriller largely sidesteps the politics of the ...

will recreate an encampment with authentic Civil War rifles, uniforms, tents and other other trappings, organizer Steve Rudzinski said. There will not be a battle this year due to the short notice ...