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 | | This cartridge was used with the muzzle-loading military firearm, the base of the cartridge being ripped or bitten off by thesoldier, the powder poured into the barrel, and the bullet then rammed home. |
 | | Themechanism of the flint-lock musket, in which the pan was covered by the furrowed steel struck by the flint, rendered this methodof priming unnecessary, as, in loading, a portion of the charge of powder passed from the barrel through the vent into the pan,where it was held by the cover and hammer. |
 | | The detonator was in the hinder surface of the wad, and fired by a needle drivenforward from the breech, through the base of the cartridge and through the powder, by the action of a spiral spring set free bythe pulling of the trigger. |
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