Brian, Thanks for that additional info. These are indeed the guns Johnson was talking about. Don't forget though that there were a few repeating rifles making their way on the scene by 1864. Most notably was the Spencer Repeating rifle. Interestingly enough the Tripplet and Scotts were chambered for the 56-50 Spencer cartridge.
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