The long and short of it was the New York National Guard got leftover single shot black powder Springfields free from the U.S. Government and got their butts handed to them in Cuba when they went up against the Spanish who were armed with Mauser repeaters shooting smokeless powder. Might we say Winchester's whining cost the lives of some Americans? David
There was a movie about that battle. Don't remember the name of it now.
That's a very sad story.
