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
Winchester and others, they weren't the only ones who sued.
Just think of what the market would be like now if they'd sold 20,000 muskets and SRC's to the NY Guard. Muskets for everybody!!
