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Arcelin Mousqueton: An 1850s Breechloader with a Ludicrous Bayonet
The Arcelin system was a capping breechloader provisionally adopted by the French military in 1854. It was a bolt action system with a folding bolt handle, firing a paper cartridge. It impressed Emperor Louis Napoleon […]