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Breech-loading firearm technology
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The 1859 Sharps paper cartridge example shows one approach to using paper cartridges in breech-loading firearms; it does not mean that all paper cartridges were for breech-loaders.
Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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Breech-loading firearm technology
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This node focuses on single-shot rifles using metallic cartridges, a specific type of breech-loading firearm. Breech-loaders can also include earlier flintlock systems or later repeating systems.
Flintlock firearms
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Flintlock ignition was used in breech-loading firearms: a Ferguson flintlock breech-loader dating to around 1780 in the collection of the National Army Museum in Britain is a clear example. This relationship describes a combination of technologies; it does not imply that flintlock ignition gave rise to breech-loading, or that all breech-loading firearms used flintlock ignition.
Metallic cartridges
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Breech-loading firearm technology
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The sealing and integrity of metallic cartridge cases helped make some breech-loading designs practical; metallic cases were not a prerequisite for the concept of breech-loading.
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Hall applied interchangeable-parts manufacturing to batch production of breech-loading firearms.