The Civil War rifle was a major break through in american guns It used a spiral inner barrel. This made the rifle much more accurate unlike the musket it was a breach loading rifel that was fired by black powder. Black powder also knowen as gun powder was primarly composed of slufer,and charcol. The rifle also fetured a new type of bullet for that era of time. It was a cylinder which was more aro_dynamic.
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