During the latter years of the American Civil War and Indian Wars, the technological revolution in cartridge firearms played out in the battlefields of America. Single-shot metallic cartridge firearms represented a massive increase in firepower and efficiency over loose powder. Shortly thereafter, repeating metallic cartridge firearms gave the individual even more volume of fire. Having […]
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