OFFICE OF THE BOARD FOR SELECTING A BREECH SYSTEM FOR MUSKETS AND CARBINES New York May 5 1873
FINAL TEST WITH .45-CAL. ARMS-CONCLUSION-SELECTION-RECOMMENDATION OF SPRINGFIELD SYSTEM.
These arms having been received, with the exception of the fourth on the list, for which the Remingtons supplied (Remington Ryder Extractor) a substantially similar arm of their own make, No. 86, they were tested for rapidity of firing by the expert, and also by a party of old soldiers and recruits. With out particularizing the special favorable and unfavorable features of each system, fully shown by other portions of the record, the Board has been brought to the conclusion, from their own experiments, as well as from the great mass of confirmatory testimony obtained from the Army in the field that the Springfield gun, No. 99, of all those presented, is the best suited for our military service. They have, therefore, Resolved, That the Board recommend that the Springfield breech loading system be adopted for the military service of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three and for other purposes”, approved June 6 1872.
Can you elaborate on this Remington rifle and the specific 45 cal cartridge?