Talk:The Great Sioux Massacre

I plan on finishing up the page as soon as I can. I have been dealing with major health problems over the last several months and I'm on the mend now.--The Cowboy General (talk) 19:43, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

George Armstrong Custer's weapons The exact weapons that George Armstrong Custer was carrying is unclear. We know that he carried a Remington Rolling Block Rifle in .50/70, however, his sidearms are a little less clear. According to Lt. Edward Godfrey, Custer had a pair of "self-cocking bulldog revolvers with white handles", and we know for a fact that he owned a Webley RIC Revolver, but we do not know where he had got it from. Captain Myles Walter Keogh also had an RIC Revolver that he bought on a trip to Ireland, and he likely bought one for Custer as well. There was a Bulldog cartridge recover from "Last Stand Hill", meaning that it likely came from Custer's gun Sgt. John Ryan claimed that Custer had a ".45 Colt and a .45 Navy Revolver". Custer also appears to have had an "experimental prototype Colt revolver" in .41 caliber. This seems to have been a prototype of the Colt Moodel 1877 "Thunderer" revolver that was given to him by General Alfred Terry, based on an account from Terry's ordinance officer.

Winchester 1892 section

I edited the claim about a few soldiers having repeating rifles at the actual Battle of the Little Bighorn. I've studied this battle for 15 years and there were no soldiers arrying repeating rifles. Many Officers, who could choose their own weapons, chose sporterized hunting rifles. Tom Custer for example, had an "Officer's Model" version of the 1873 Springfield Rifle. It was sporterized and slightly shorter than the long infantry rifle, but longer than the carbine. Less than 400 were made in the year 1875, when it was introduced.--The Cowboy General (talk) 20:07, 19 July 2024 (UTC)