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It was a large wooden box or bellows with a leather diaphragm. The early ones were done by hand, but later by steam. Not too easy to carry around on a hunting trip, and probably why they never caught on. I think the one Lewis and Clark had pushed the lead ball about 1000 fps. That was faster than the black powder rounds of the day, and faster than the early 45 Long Colt.
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