00:00If you handled a Ferguson rifle in 1776, you'd turn its trigger guard, the killer screw.
00:06Rotating it lowered a threaded breech plug, opening the chamber right at the rear.
00:11Drop in a lead ball and powder, then screw it shut.
00:14A pinch of priming powder in the pan, cock the hammer, and pull the trigger.
00:19The flint sparked, the charge ignited, and the ball shot out.
00:23In seconds you could reload, unleashing a rate of fire that outclassed any muzzle loader of its day.
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