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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!
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Paul how dare you! Being a former member of the not so light infantry you should know the joy of having tools that do double duty in order to save weight and bulk.
And per the majority of the reinactors and historians that I know, ALL rifle butts were coffee grinders. It involved taking the metal buttplate and commming down hard on the bag of coffee and then several up and down chops with the buttplate and then grinding it so one crushed the beans where they were then tossed into the coffee pot or tin cup.
I have seen it done and i have even tasted the coffee. And trust me boys, it does not taste like regular coffee even the stuff you grind yourself.