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Single shot breechloader

Antique rifle - Springfield muzzle loader from 1865 that was converted to a breech-loader or 'trap door' in 1866.

Info - "The standard weapon used by both sides during the Civil War was a muzzle-loading .58 caliber rifle musket." > www.nps.gov/spar/learn/historyculture/evolution-of-the-br...

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Uploaded on November 4, 2017
Taken on November 2, 2017