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So, WI the Continental Congress decides to allow Belton to modify, let's say 10, flintlock muskets for a substantially lower price in order to see if his claims were true. What happens next (asides from Ameriwank
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Another article on the subject states thatIn 1777, Philadelphia gunsmith Joseph Belton offered the Continental Congress a "new improved gun", which was capable of firing up to twenty shots in five seconds, automatically, and was capable of being loaded by a cartridge. Congress requested that Belton modify 100 flintlock muskets to fire eight shots in this manner, but rescinded the order when Belton's price proved too high.
Belton described the gun as capable of firing up to "sixteen or twenty [balls], in sixteen, ten, or five seconds of time". It is theorized that it worked in a manner similar to a Roman candle, with a single lock igniting a fused chain of charges stacked in a single barrel, packaged as a single large paper cartridge. Despite commissioning Belton to build or modify 100 muskets for the military on May 3, 1777, the order was dismissed in May, 15, 1777, when Congress received Belton's bid and considered it an "extraordinary allowance."
So, WI the Continental Congress decides to allow Belton to modify, let's say 10, flintlock muskets for a substantially lower price in order to see if his claims were true. What happens next (asides from Ameriwank