Battle of the Little Bighorn reenactment Battle of the Little Bighorn reenactment Battle of the Little Bighorn Reenactment is a reenactment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Since the 1990s there have been two events conducted annually close to the anniversary of the battle in late June, although in 2015 only one event has been scheduled to take place. The Real Bird family has conducted the "Battle of Little Bighorn Reenactment" since 1995 on the banks of the Little Bighorn River off East Frontage Road between Crow Agency and Garryowen, Montana. The site of the reenactment is on the edge of the Little Bighorn river
Battle of the Little Bighorn Model 1873 rifle and carbine, and was not considered a significant shortcoming in the overall worthiness of the shoulder arm. With the ejector failure in US Army tests as low as 1:300, the Springfield carbine was vastly more reliable than the muzzle-loading Springfields used in the Civil War. Gallear addresses the post-battle testimony concerning the copper .45-55 cartridges supplied to the troops in which an officer is said to have cleared the chambers of spent cartridges for a number of Springfield carbines. This testimony of widespread fusing of the casings offered to the Chief of Ordnance at the Reno Court