The M1819 Hall rifle was an early breechloading rifle created by gun inventor John Hall. The rifle was designed in 1811 and production began in 1819. The rifle is famous for being one of the first percussion rifles adopted for service by the US army. It is also notable for being one the first guns to have fully interchangable parts.
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| - The M1819 Hall rifle was an early breechloading rifle created by gun inventor John Hall. The rifle was designed in 1811 and production began in 1819. The rifle is famous for being one of the first percussion rifles adopted for service by the US army. It is also notable for being one the first guns to have fully interchangable parts.
- The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech loading rifle designed by John Hancock Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819. It was preceded by the Harpers Ferry Model 1803. It used a pivoting chamber breech design and was made with either flint-lock or percussion cap ignition systems. The main years of production were from the 1820s to the 1830s at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal. This was the first breech loading rifle to be adopted in large numbers by any nation's army, but not the first breech loading military rifle - the Ferguson rifle was used briefly by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War. Breech loading rifles remained overshadowed by common muskets and muzzle loading rifles so prevalent in the early 19th century. The early flintlocks were mos
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| - The M1819 Hall rifle was an early breechloading rifle created by gun inventor John Hall. The rifle was designed in 1811 and production began in 1819. The rifle is famous for being one of the first percussion rifles adopted for service by the US army. It is also notable for being one the first guns to have fully interchangable parts.
- The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech loading rifle designed by John Hancock Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819. It was preceded by the Harpers Ferry Model 1803. It used a pivoting chamber breech design and was made with either flint-lock or percussion cap ignition systems. The main years of production were from the 1820s to the 1830s at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal. This was the first breech loading rifle to be adopted in large numbers by any nation's army, but not the first breech loading military rifle - the Ferguson rifle was used briefly by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War. Breech loading rifles remained overshadowed by common muskets and muzzle loading rifles so prevalent in the early 19th century. The early flintlocks were mostly converted to percussion ignition.
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