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Following the disasterous Overland Campaign during the [[Red Interregnum]] in [[1899]], a Board of Inquiry was formed to determine if, despite the lose of moral superiority over the foe, [[Burgundie]] would need to adopt a bolt action rifle with a copper-jacketed bullet. This caused a panic in the middle class who had the time to read the papers and the compunction to take issue with the Board of Inquiries investigation. The Great Bolt Action Panic of 1903 resulted when the Board of Inquiry published its findings and recommend that the Army and Navy of Burgundie adopt a modern bolt action rifle with a copper-jacketed bullet. | Following the disasterous Overland Campaign during the [[Red Interregnum]] in [[1899]], a Board of Inquiry was formed to determine if, despite the lose of moral superiority over the foe, [[Burgundie]] would need to adopt a bolt action rifle with a copper-jacketed bullet. This caused a panic in the middle class who had the time to read the papers and the compunction to take issue with the Board of Inquiries investigation. The Great Bolt Action Panic of 1903 resulted when the Board of Inquiry published its findings and recommend that the Army and Navy of Burgundie adopt a modern bolt action rifle with a copper-jacketed bullet. | ||
Articles decrying the bolt action, that it would "spur the worst, lustful spirits within the hearts of men" and that their action "resembles in the most obvious way...fornication" were common in the tabloid press. They were labeled "Weapons Without Good Moral Fiber" and l'armetouspecats (Eng: gun of all [the seven capital] sins). There was even an arson event known as the "Corset Riot" in which society mothers stormed and burned down a weapons factory thought to be making bolt action rifles to save their sons the "indignity" of having to use them in military drill. The factory was in fact one of the only manufactories of the {{wpl|Springfield model 1873|Fusil muscetoun patron 1874}} on the [[ | Articles decrying the bolt action, that it would "spur the worst, lustful spirits within the hearts of men" and that their action "resembles in the most obvious way...fornication" were common in the tabloid press. They were labeled "Weapons Without Good Moral Fiber" and l'armetouspecats (Eng: gun of all [the seven capital] sins). There was even an arson event known as the "Corset Riot" in which society mothers stormed and burned down a weapons factory thought to be making bolt action rifles to save their sons the "indignity" of having to use them in military drill. The factory was in fact one of the only manufactories of the {{wpl|Springfield model 1873|Fusil muscetoun patron 1874}} on the [[Ile Burgundie]] and its destruction was mentioned by reformers as another reason to adopt the new style rifle. | ||
A further Board of Inquiry determined that much of this panic was fomented by a bevy of itinerant preachers who sought donations to "pray the rifle away". | A further Board of Inquiry determined that much of this panic was fomented by a bevy of itinerant preachers who sought donations to "pray the rifle away". | ||