• A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward,...
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  • other slight differences among the rifles including the breech plug on muzzleloader versions. The original Contender, now known as the generation one (G1)...
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    A rifled muzzle loader (RML) is a type of large artillery piece invented in the mid-19th century. In contrast to smooth bore cannon which preceded it,...
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    20 ga.). They are also described by the type of action employed (e.g. muzzleloader, breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic, fully automatic...
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    historical weapons from before the invention of smokeless powder, such as muzzleloaders. Black powder substitutes are propellants designed to provide explosive...
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    which that mechanism works. Actions are technically not present on muzzleloaders, as all those are single-shot firearms with a closed off breech with...
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    an African elephant. The first 4 bores were probably single barrel muzzleloaders converted from British fowling pieces that were, in essence, slug guns...
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    a simple, separate percussion cap for ignition, just like a typical muzzleloader of the era, and often used paper or linen cartridge cases, which provided...
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    typical firearms carried by the Lakota and Cheyenne combatants were muzzleloaders, more often a cap-lock smoothbore, the so-called Indian trade musket...
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    intermediate is needed to relay the ignition. In the earliest black powder muzzleloaders, a fuse was used to direct a small flame through a touch hole into the...
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