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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Overview: What a Muzzleloader Is, and the 500-Year Arc
    2. Vol 2 Before the Lock: Gunpowder, Fire Lances & the Hand Cannon (1300s–1400s)
    3. Vol 3 The Matchlock: The First Firearm Lock, and the Age of the Musketeer
    4. Vol 4 The Wheellock: Clockwork Ignition and the First Pistols
    5. Vol 5 Flint's False Starts: Snaphance, Miquelet & Doglock
    6. Vol 6 The Flintlock: The Lock That Ruled a Century and a Half
    7. Vol 7 The Great Muskets: Brown Bess, Charleville & the Age of Linear Warfare
    8. Vol 8 Rifling and the American Long Rifle: Accuracy on the Frontier
    9. Vol 9 Muzzleloaders at Sea: Naval Arms, the Blunderbuss & the Pirates
    10. Vol 10 Around the World: Tanegashima, Toradar, Jezail & the Trade Gun
    11. Vol 11 The Percussion Cap: The Last Great Leap
    12. Vol 12 The Minié Ball & the Rifle-Musket: Muzzleloading's Deadly Peak
    13. Vol 13 The Great, the Good, and the Worthless: A Verdict on the Designs
    14. Vol 14 The End and the Afterlife: Cartridges, Obsolescence & the Revival