Tag: Joseph Whitworth. Whitworth rifle

  • Sir Joseph Whitworth and His Deadly Rifles

    My article about Joseph Whitworth and his rifles is up on the Shock Troops web site. It originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Civil War Times. In 1854, at the request of the British Board of Ordnance, Whitworth turned his attention to firearms, specifically the Enfield P53 .577 caliber service rifle, which he […]