The Cardinal rifle was the first breech-loading, percussion-cap rifle produced in the new timeline created by Grantville's appearance in 1631. It was created in March of 1634 by Robert du Barry and Yves Thibault, who were working for Turenne, and was based on the Sharps rifle from the middle of the 19th century. While the design was copied from up-time sources. what made it practical was the development by John Rudolph Glauber of an efficient means of making potassium chlorate for use in percussion caps.
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