A smoothbore rifle? The French 1853/67 Tabatière
Percussion Long Guns
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While French military planners debated which pattern of rifling they wanted to adopt in the mid-19th century, they released the 1853/67 Tabatière as a smooth bore, percussion cap weapon with the intention of adding in the rifling at a later date.
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