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What made the rifle better in the civil war

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Civil War rifle-musket was a brand new weapon. It also had a more reliable ignition system and, more important, it fired a greatly improved projectile, the miniƩ bullet.

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Answer: Rifles were more accurate than smooth bore muskets, and with shorter barrels could have been made. n The military also used techniques such as firing by ranks, however, and believed that shorter barrels would result in soldiers mistakenly shooting front rank soldiers in the back of the head.

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