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12016-11-27T01:45:32-05:00Small Arms3plain2016-12-14T00:54:34-05:00This 1866 article from All the Year Round glorifies the rifle production at the Enfield Small Arms plant with vivid detail. The author takes considerable time explaining the process of rifle assembly, but describes it in a Romantic way, emphasizing the still “mystical” nature of advanced rifle technology and manufacturing.