It was invented in 1851 by Edward Maynard
He wasn't American, he was a Scot. The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland, hence the Ferguson rifle.
The Ferguson Rifle
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Browning has made one in the past
The breech loading musket and later, the rifle.
If there are any they usually are on the barrel close to the loading breech or above the trigger.
ANSWER In the order: the rifled muskets, the miniè bullet, the breech-loading rifle, the repeating carbine and rifle.
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sharps carbine
Weapon loads at the breech vs. the muzzle.
in 1810, an American gunsmith, John H. Hall, invented a breech-loading flintlock rifle that could be loaded quickly using a paper cartridge containing ball and powder.