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Bolt-action repeating rifle
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Breech-loading firearm technology
Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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Metallic cartridges
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Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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The 19th-century single-shot breech-loading rifles covered in this entry used self-contained metallic cartridges; this is not presented as a requirement for all historical breech-loading firearms.
Lever-action repeating rifle
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Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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Lever-action repeating firearms such as the Henry offered an alternative to single-shot breech-loaders for some uses. The museum's account of the Henry and Springfield coexisting shows that this was not a universal replacement.
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.
Bolt-action repeating rifle
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Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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Magazine-fed bolt-action rifles gradually replaced single-shot breech-loaders in many military arsenals, though the two coexisted. This describes a transition in use, not a single exclusive lineage of action designs.
Single-shot breech-loading rifle
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Percussion rifle-musket
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Museum examples of the Snider-Enfield show a specific path for converting an Enfield muzzle-loader to breech-loading. This relationship only summarizes that conversion, which is supported by surviving objects; it does not claim that all single-shot breech-loaders originated from it.