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Charles Ingram Volunteer Pattern Rifle
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These imported target rifles were popular with Southern sharpshooters. Externally, they closely resembled the British Enfield, but the use of Whitworth hexagonal rifling, together with its specially-manufactured .45 caliber bullet, made these arms extremely accurate. In the hands of skilled marksmen, they were lethal to many enemy soldiers at ranges up to 1,500 yards.