Burnside carbine | |
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Type | Carbine |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
Used by | United States |
Wars | American Civil War |
Production history | |
Designer | Ambrose Burnside |
Designed | 1855 |
Manufacturer | Bristol Firearms Company and Burnside Rifle Company |
Unit cost | $38.50 apiece with appendages (1861)[1] |
Produced | 1858 to 1870 |
No. built | 100,000 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 7 lb (3.2 kg) |
Length | 39.5 inches (1,000 mm) |
Cartridge | .54 Burnside |
Caliber | 0.54 inches (14 mm) |
Muzzle velocity | 950 ft/s (290 m/s) [1] |
Effective firing range | 200 yd (180 m) [2] |