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Ferguson rifle
Description
One of the first breech-loading military rifles, issued to a small British unit. Its tiny production run kept it from shaping the war.
Historical use
- Battle of Brandywine (1777)
Technical data
- Year
- 1776
- Service
- 1776–1780
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Maker
- Durs Egg
- Designer
- Patrick Ferguson
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Flintlock
- Calibre
- .65 (16,5 mm)
- Weight
- 3.4 kg
- Length
- 1,250 mm
- Units made
- ≈ 100
Source: Wikidata Q2090925
