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Rifling
Matchlock firearm
Percussion ignition
Breech-loading firearm technology
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Caplock firearm
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Flintlock firearms
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Matchlock firearm
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Mature flintlock firearms gradually replaced matchlock firearms in many military settings, while the two coexisted for long periods in some regions.
Percussion ignition
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Flintlock firearms
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Percussion ignition gradually replaced flintlock ignition during the 19th century, with existing firearms converted and both systems used alongside one another.
Caplock firearm
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Flintlock firearms
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Percussion-cap firearms gradually replaced flintlocks during 19th-century military rearmament; this does not imply that every region made the transition at the same time.
Rifling
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Flintlock firearms
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Rifling was used in some flintlock firearms. The UK's National Army Museum explicitly classifies its Ferguson specimen as a flintlock breech-loading rifle, supporting this specific combination. This does not justify treating all flintlocks as rifled firearms or placing the origins of rifling after flintlock ignition.
Flintlock firearms
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Breech-loading firearm technology
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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.