. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . 462 LEWIS S AMEEICAN THE BREECH-LOADER. Notwithstanding the improvements made from time to time towhich we have referred, the muzzle-loader in its highest perfectionfailed to give satisfaction. The labor and time required for loadingin the field detracted greatly from sport, to which was added theimpossibility of changing the charges quickly if circumstances re-quired, and over and above all was the danger of accident whileloading one barrel over a lo
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . 462 LEWIS S AMEEICAN THE BREECH-LOADER. Notwithstanding the improvements made from time to time towhich we have referred, the muzzle-loader in its highest perfectionfailed to give satisfaction. The labor and time required for loadingin the field detracted greatly from sport, to which was added theimpossibility of changing the charges quickly if circumstances re-quired, and over and above all was the danger of accident whileloading one barrel over a loaded one, necessarily pointed directlytowards the sportsmans hands, if not at other portions of hisperson. Recognition of these defects caused a demand for a moreconvenient and safe weapon, and led to the production of themodern breech-loader, which was, however, not a purely moderninvention, but an improvement upon a crude form produced anddiscarded for its defects in the early ages of gunnery. When first brought out, these new guns were very levers were inconveniently placed, the different parts badlyfitted, and the bolting actions weak, so th
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