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Was invented in China to find a life-enhancing potion when an alchemist discovered that when Potassium Nitrate charcoal and sulfur are mixed it becomes quite reactive under a flame
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found in china and was similar to a spear gun or shrapnel launcher/shotgun
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muzzleloader that was very crude and was most likely used against the Japanese samurai
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gun designed with a slow-burning wick to ignite powder used primarily by early American colonists
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a spiral design on the interior of the barrel used to cause a projectile to spin and increase accuracy
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like a flint and steel the spring system on the hammer would make a piece of flint hit a piece of steel causing sparks allowing for faster ignition of the gunpowder
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allowed for multiple shots to be fired before reloading but reloading was super time consuming
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a rifle like guns designed to fire many projectiles used to hunt birds and home defense
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a round that no longer had to be loaded one piece at a time allowing it to be quickly loaded and the position of the round did not have to be precise
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powder that did not create a cloud of smoke giving away a person position containing 68.2% insoluble nitrocellulose 29.8% soluble nitrocellulose 2% paraffin
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the maxim machine gun
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allowed for amazingly fast reload and firing
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