Our side used rifles more than muskets. Cartridges, Magazines. An inventor had a faster repeating rifle he wanted to sell to our troops, but he was a horrible entrepreneur. If the 20 men he trained and equipped killed 20x as many redcoats as the 20 fighting next to them with standard equipment, he wanted 20x the price for his gun.

Congress never gave him a trial. I don't think he ever made many, either. Congress knew all about it though, and didn't restrict it in the 2A. Commulibs need to get edumacated, like via woodchipper