This video details the Miller cartridge conversion, a post-Civil War effort to adapt percussion muskets to metallic cartridges. Primarily using the Parker Snow Model 1861, the conversion featured a unique breech block with a self-retracting extractor and used the original hammer to fire a pin. Despite ~2,000 units produced, military testing revealed gas leakage and misfires, leading to its rejection for general service, though some saw limited militia use and surplus sales.
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