Samuel Colt and Oliver Winchester by Charles River Editors

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Samuel Colt and Oliver Winchester Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Scott Clem Format: mp3 Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 09-25-19 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 15 ratings Genres: Weapons & Warfare Publisher's Summary: Gunsmiths in early 19th-century America were helped along by noted artisans from Germany, Switzerland, and other European powers, but despite advances made in the European and American musket, the requirement of an exterior spark and percussion to ignite powder for a single-shot discharge remained the paradigm. Similarly, the era was unable to move past the cumbersome weapon that required at least half a minute to reload. The military compensation for such an ungainly and vulnerable process was the alternation of troop lines, in which one fired while the other reloaded from behind.