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Gallager Carbine is a black powder behind loader from the American civil war.

The weapon of Mahlon J. Gallager was designed. The company Richardson and Overman in Philadelphia acquired the rights for the building of the weapon. On 31 August 1861 the first weapons were sold to the Army.

It was technical the transition from the foremost to the Hinterlader. He was loaded from the rear by the tipped run with brass cases, which contained the projectile and the propellant. One ignited still, as with front loaders usual, with a primer cap, which was put on outside on the Piston. The brass cases had in the back a small hole, on which a small thin paper lamella was put from the inside, so that no powder could herausrieseln. The weapon was built for 22 " in the caliber of 0.525 " with a run.

The rifle was, although it was strongly common, with that soldiers does not like. Frequently the cases were blocked and the soldiers had these toilsomely with a measurer to remove with unloading. Altogether 17,782 pieces to the U.S. Army were sold.