the 16th century.
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About 1835 by Morgan James of Utica, NY.
Springfield Sniper Rifle or M1903 Springfield rifle was an American 5-round, magazine fed, bolt action rifle used in the early part of 20th century. It was 1.098 meters long, weighed 3.95 Kgs, had a 16 inch long bayonet and had a wooden body.
Union forces had privately purchased them. Rebel forces used captured repeating rifles. The repeater, was considered the "assault rifle" of the Civil War. Just as the M16 assault rifle replaced the M14 rifle in Vietnam.
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Rifle cartridges have been in existence for more than 400 years. The early European designs used paper as the cartridge holding the bullet and powder charge. Metal cartridges are much recent dating to only 150 years ago in rimfire configurations.