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Breechloader Conversions Overview by hwelch5792 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Percussion muzzleloaders and breechloaders were giving way to breech loading metallic cartridge weapons. The experiences of the Civil War demonstrated that muzzle loaders and percussion weapons were hopelessly obsolete. Rapid technological and industrial advances in breech-loading arms and metallic cartridges had helped speed the end of muzzle-loading weapons.
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