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Perhaps it is set up for the Maynard tape primer system - Similar to the later 1859 percussion Sharps and percussion US military rifles. I haven't seen any civilian guns with that system - which is not to say they didn't exist.

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Certainly looks plausable.
Not sure if the tape would be fed from the top or the bottom. Looks like a pretty intimate fit between the block and the breech where the flash hole is.
Was there some sort of tubular cap back then which could have been placed down the flash hole? Something like a skinny rimfire blank comes to mind.

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