The Flash Pan

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PERIOD FIREARMS
The Flash Pan Hand Gonne - circa 1400
Matchlock - Mid 1400s Flintlock - circa
1612 Percussion Cap - 1805
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Hand Gonne - circa 1400
The Flash Pan
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Matchlock - Mid 1400s
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Flintlock - circa 1612
Percussion Cap - 1805
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• Civil War   
• The Technology of War
• Repeating weapons
• Artillery
• Trench Warfare
• Railroads and Telegraph

Pattern 1853 British Enfield rifle-musket (.577
caliber)
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Muzzleloaders
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breechloader
Sharps 1859 breech-loader French 1866
needle-gun US Springfield 1873 .45-70
carbine Swiss Vetterli German 1871 Mauser 1893
Mauser rifle US Krag-Jorgansen 1894 rifle