| P Ames in Massachusetts and Philadelphian Henry Deringer of pocket-pistol fame, and rifle and carbine variants of the unique Jenks sidehammer breechloader. |
| The shotgun entered the century as a flintlock, mutated into a percussion lock and finally evolved into the side-by-side breechloader we know today. |
| It has a 31-inch, heavy octagon barrel, and although a breechloader, it has an onboard ramrod. |
| The chief lesson taught by the engagement is the tremendous power of the breechloader in steady hands. |
| It was like moving from a muzzleloader to a breechloader, because the rate of fire increased so dramatically. |
| It was the first military breechloader and first percussion firearm adopted for general issue by any country. |
