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The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle (also considered something of a hybrid breech and muzzle-loading design) designed by John Hancock Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819.
The company scored 164 hits (35% of the 464 shots fired) with conventional muzzle-loading rifles and 208 hits (25% of the 845 shots fired) with the faster loading, but less accurate, army-issue smooth-bore muskets in comparison to 430 hits (36% of the 1198 shots fired) with Hall's rifles. [1] Hall's rifle works design worked so well as that it ...
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M1819 Hall rifle: John Hancock Hall .525 in lead ball (original) Paper w/.69 Ball (conversion) United States: 1811 M1841 Mississippi rifle: Harpers Ferry Armory .54 in lead ball.58 Minie ball United States: 1840 M1867 Russian Krnka: Tula Arms Plant: 15.24x40mmR Russian Empire: 1867 M1870 Belgian Comblain: Hubert-Joseph Comblain 11×50mm R ...
M1819 Hall rifle (Harper's Ferry;Breech-loader) Model 1817 Rifle ('Common rifle';Derringer, Johnson, North and Starr; Flintlock rifle, .54) (later percussion) Model 1814 Common Rifle (Deringer, Johnson; Flintlock rifle; later percussion; .54)
Subsequently, Eastman agreed to sell the weapons to Simon Stevens for $12.50 each, if Stevens would provide financing in the amount of $20,000 to allow Eastman to complete the purchase from the government. Stevens quickly negotiated a sale to field general John C. Frémont for $22, promising to bore out the rifles to fifty-eight caliber. With ...
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Pages in category "American Civil War rifles" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... M1819 Hall rifle; M1841 Mississippi rifle; Maynard ...