| u've finished reading our educating article about | | | | primitive. They are usually single shot, powder and |
| Civil War antiques, you can impress your | | | | ball affairs that are innacurrate and dangerously |
| boyfriend or girlfriend with the huge amount of | | | | time-consuming to load. Civil war antiques from |
| knowledge you have gained on this subject and | | | | later in the period, however, show a remarkable |
| about antiques and reproductions in general. As a | | | | transformation. The guns go from muzzle loading |
| history buff, it is a great pleasure for me to be | | | | single shot rifles to sophisticated repeater action |
| able to collect antiques and relics from times gone | | | | revolvers and even early machine guns. Even |
| by. I love medieval antiques, but generally they | | | | today, guns much like those used towards the |
| are out of my range. I also love World War II | | | | end of the conflict are still a part of any modern |
| relics and owns several of them. My favorite | | | | army. With harder to find items, I have to |
| period of history to collect from, however, is the | | | | content myself to collect civil war reproductions. |
| American Civil War. Civil War antiques are the | | | | Nevertheless, some of these reproductions are |
| pride of my collection. When most people think of | | | | remarkably good. People have been making |
| civil war antiques, they picture Union and | | | | imitation Civil War weapons for a long time, and |
| Confederate uniforms. Perhaps there's not a more | | | | the technology has been almost perfect. Some of |
| iconic costume in all of history than that worn by | | | | the better Civil War antique reproduction |
| Union soldiers during the American Civil War. | | | | companies even use the same methods as were |
| Fighting for freedom and national unity, these | | | | used to make the original weapons. Only an |
| soldiers really stood for what America has strived | | | | expert, in fact, can tell them apart from the |
| to become. Although their outfits were coarse | | | | originals. Honestly, I am much more interested in |
| and quaint by modern standards, they still have a | | | | the look of the weapons and uniforms than in the |
| certain power in the eyes of all those who hold | | | | fact that they are actually historical artifacts. |
| them. | | | | Although I prefer civil war antiques to |
| If you liked the first section of this article, stay | | | | reproductions, it is nice to be able to save money |
| tuned because we have more to follow in the | | | | by buying a replica. It is all a matter of having an |
| next section! Then again, whenever I meet | | | | eye for historical authenticity so that you can pick |
| younger folks they always want to see my | | | | the best replicas. As my wise grand father used |
| antique weapons of the Civil War. These Civil War | | | | to say, knowledge equals power, so continue |
| antiques are interesting from a technological | | | | gathering knowledge about Civil War antiques until |
| standpoint because they show the beginning of | | | | you feel you are adequately educated on the |
| modern weaponry. Antique Civil War weapons | | | | subject. You can find more on this fun and |
| from the beginning of the conflict are pretty | | | | exciting topic on the Internet. |