This is a bit of a rhetorical question in that my theory is the reason Dahlgren would have had that big sight base put on a rifle rather than a more modest 500 yard rifle sight is that if used as a ship to ship suppressing fire at a ship firing cannon at you at 800 to 1000 yards, you would need to have a sight to launch that big .69 cal minie at least close to target.
OK.. that is my theory.. Any other thoughts?
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