So as not to repeat that mistake, the government started to withdraw the muzzle loaders, which were an older model but superior in the ability to continue war and stored in various places throughout the nation, in 1878 after the end of the Seinan War.
この事を反省して、旧式ではあっても継戦能力に優れた前装銃が各地に分散保管されている状況を危険視した政府は、西南戦争後の明治11年からこれらを回収した。