Assertion: repeating rifle | /r/AtLocation | use
Facets:
value: by the 18th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: in north america
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: By the 18th century the Cookson repeating rifle was in use in North America, having separate tubular magazines in the stock for balls and powder and a lever-activated breech mechanism that selected and loaded a ball and a charge, also priming the flash pan and setting the gun on half cock.