Ferguson rifle
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ferguson-rifle-191-11968293
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Ferguson rifle
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The Ferguson rifle was one of the first breech-loading rifles to be put into service by the British military. It fired a standard British carbine ball of .615" calibre and was used by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777, and possibly at the Siege of Charleston in 1780. Its superior firepower was unappreciated at the time because it was too expensive and took longer to produce – the four gunsmiths making Ferguson's Ordnance Rifle could not make 1
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Rifle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle
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2024-03-08T07:52:01Z
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