File:SIA-2004-26282-02.jpg

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DescriptionSIA-2004-26282-02.jpg	English: This is one of three prototypes Patrick Ferguson had made in 1776. It is the same rifle Ferguson fired in a demonstration for George III. Ferguson gave the rifle to Frederic De Peyster, a New York loyalist militia officer. The Ferguson was one of the first breech loading rifles used in battle. It employed a breechlock - a vertical rising screw that was lowered by rotating the trigger guard. This opened the breech for loading. This improvement allowed the rifle to fire four to six shots per minute.
Date	not specified
Source	Ferguson Breech-Loader at the National Museum of American History (link)
Author	National Museum of American History

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:48, 14 March 2021	1,889 × 447 (169 KB)	Amlz	Reverted to version with less negative space
	01:12, 13 March 2021	2,000 × 420 (129 KB)	Marcric	just a higher resolution of the same image
	11:56, 14 August 2018	1,889 × 447 (169 KB)	ВоенТех	User created page with UploadWizard