gun failed to function effectively when first fired, but started Lee's interest in gunsmithing and invention.

In 1858, James Lee and his wife Caroline Lee (née Chrysler, of the later automotive family) moved to Wisconsin in the US, where they had two sons: William (born in 1859) and George (1860). They later returned to Canada in 1865.

Rifle developments

In 1861, Lee developed a breech-loading cartridge

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