A breechloader is a firearm in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech end of the barrel (i.e., from the rearward, open end of the gun's barrel)...

or "sliding block". At the time of development of the first modern breechloaders in the mid-19th century, gunpowder propellant charges for artillery...

the first breechloader firing a metallic cartridge in regular British service, the Martini was designed from the outset as a breechloader and was both...

converted to breechloaders, using .450 Boxer centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880, these revolvers (conversions and new breechloaders) were adopted...

by the Austro-Hungarian army on 28 July 1867. It replaced the Wänzl breechloader conversion of the muzzle-loading Lorenz rifle. Josef Werndl (1831–1889)...

A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper...

firearm. Its history is closely associated with the development of the breechloader, which would eventually replace all muzzle-loading firearms. The cartridge...

110-pounder, was a heavy caliber Armstrong gun, an early type of rifled breechloader. William Armstrong's innovative combination of a rifled built-up gun...

The Merrill carbine was a breechloader firearm designed by Baltimore, Maryland gunsmith and inventor James H. Merrill. It was one of several firearms either...

Werndl-Holub M1867 rifles to arm the military. The rifle was a lifting block breechloader chambered for the 14×33mmRF cartridge. The Austrians converted a total...

are also described by the type of action employed (e.g. muzzleloader, breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic, fully automatic, etc.)...

shallow-draft gunboat 1886, Canton 300 tons, one 5.9-in Krupp breechloader, one 3.5-in Krupp breechloader, 3 Nordenfeldts Guangli Kuang-li 廣利 composite shallow-draft...

3 mph) Complement 200 Armament 4 × 12 in (300 mm) breechloader rifles 6 × 4 in (100 mm) breechloader rifles unknown × 6-pounder guns Armor Depth: 5 ft...

mechanism. Like its predecessor the 3.2-inch gun M1897, it was a rifled breechloader. During the second half of 1890s the so-called "quick-firing revolution"...

low cost as a self-defense weapon. The earliest metallic-cartridge breechloaders designed for general military issue began as conversions of muzzle-loading...

breech open. The hinged block used in the earliest metallic-cartridge breechloaders designed for general military issue began as conversions of muzzle-loading...

troops, and they were equipped with modern weaponry, including Mauser breechloader rifles, Krupp artillery pieces, and a large quantity of ammunition. The...

centerfire bolt-action breechloader was patented by Béatus Beringer. In 1852 another metallic centerfire bolt-action breechloader was patented by Joseph...

heute (3rd ed.). Buch-Vertriebs GmbH Zürich. p. 12. ISBN 3-905216-03-5. Data and pictures regarding the 1867 breechloader conversion on militaryrifles.com...

even a breechloader that only achieved the same rate of fire as a muzzle-loading musket would still be superior to the musket, as the breechloader could...

fire; Springfield breechloaders "in the long run, had a higher rate of fire, which was sustainable throughout a battle." The breechloader design patent for...

later-invented breech-loading designs provided a higher rate of fire, but early breechloaders lacked an effective way of sealing the escaping gases that leaked from...

who, from 1857 onwards, had constructed various experimental forms of breechloader, and the rifle became the French service weapon in 1866. In the following...

conversion. In 1869, the Bavarian army started to replace it with the Werder breechloader, but due to budgetary constrains by 1870 most Bavarian troops still used...

The lock of a firearm is the mechanism used to initiate firing. It is generally used as a historical term, referring to such mechanisms used in muzzle-loading...

soldier could achieve a rate of fire of three rounds per minute. Newer breechloaders were easier and quicker to reload, but perhaps the most revolutionary...

Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 (Breechloader model 1867) Type Service rifle Place of origin Switzerland Service history In service...

designed by the Royal Gun Factory in the 1880s following the first 6-inch breechloader, the relatively unsuccessful BL 6-inch 80-pounder gun designed by Elswick...

III and the Snider-Enfield Short Rifle, but these were single-shot breechloaders, and inferior to the repeating weapons already being used by Indian...

carbines argue that their arms are more accurate than most breechloaders, while the breechloader advocates argue that the superior rate of fire makes up...