Example Sentences

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You have to be particular about muzzle-loading a flintlock and making sure the flint is in place.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024

“Single-shot, muzzle-loading firearms remained the standard weapon up to and including the Civil War.”

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

The Pentagon is getting in the black powder business but not to arm a battalion of troops with muzzle-loading rifles.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Breech-loaders were incredibly accurate and quick to reload compared to earlier muzzle-loading firearms.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Booth chose as his primary weapon a .44 caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading pistol manufactured by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson