A muzzle-loading rifle is a muzzle-loaded small arm that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore, and is loaded from the muzzle of the barrel rather...
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A rifled muzzle loader (RML) is a type of large artillery piece invented in the mid-19th century. In contrast to smooth bore cannon which preceded it,...
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Muzzleloader (redirect from Muzzle-loading)
media related to Muzzle-loaders. National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Muzzle Loaders association of Great Britain Muzzle-Loading Associations International...
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The M1841 Mississippi rifle is a muzzle-loading percussion rifle used in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. When Eli Whitney III took...
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The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle (also considered something of a hybrid breech and muzzle-loading design) designed by John...
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Carle rifle was designed to reuse and recycle old muzzle-loading rifled muskets in the arsenal and convert them into breechloaders. This rifle, among...
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rifle was adopted by the Union Army, especially by the cavalry, during the American Civil War but did not replace the standard issue muzzle-loading rifled...
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The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier...
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Pattern 1853 Enfield (redirect from Enfield Rifle Musket)
1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket...
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The Brunswick rifle was a large calibre (0.704 inches or 17.9 millimetres) muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army at the Royal...
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Dreyse needle gun (redirect from Dreyse Rifle)
tige muzzle-loading rifle was judged to be a better weapon, and an improved version was adopted as the Pattern 1851 Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle. After...
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Breechloader (redirect from Breech-loading rifle)
experience with muzzle-loaded rifles in the late 18th century, adopted the first standard breech-loading rifle in the world, M1819 Hall rifle, and in larger...
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The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War. The gun was invented by Captain Robert...
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The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) is the largest membership based association in the sport of muzzleloading in the United States. The...
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The rifle also had a metal locking bar to accommodate a 24-inch sword bayonet, similar to that of the Jäger rifle. The Baker was 45 inches from muzzle to...
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Whitworth rifle was innovative, the rest of the rifle was similar to other rifles and rifle-muskets used at the time. The rifle was muzzle loaded, and...
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highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads). Factory loadings. Number...
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skirmishing tactics and rapid bayonet assaults at close range. Muzzle-loading rifle Springfield rifle Rifle Rifling "О характере ранений воинов русской армии - участников...
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Gun barrel (redirect from Muzzle (firearms))
end (muzzle) of the barrel, and were capable of only a low rate of fire due to the cumbersome loading process. The later-invented breech-loading designs...
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The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of...
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Hiram Berdan. The Sharps rifle made a superior sniper weapon of greater accuracy than the more commonly issued muzzle-loading rifled muskets. This was attributed...
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to the later .41 Remington Magnum; but the longer self-loading rifle cartridge produced a muzzle energy of 2,000 foot-pounds force (2,700 J) with a 200-grain...
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was designed to allow rapid muzzle loading of rifles and was an innovation that brought about the widespread use of the rifle as the main battlefield weapon...
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Harpers Ferry Model 1803 (redirect from Harper's Ferry Model 1803 Rifle)
accurate[citation needed] than a long rifle like the Pennsylvania or Kentucky rifle, the shorter barrel did not suffer as much from loading problems due to fouling...
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used in early muzzle-loading rifles quickly fouled the barrel, making loading slower and more difficult. The greater range of the rifle was considered...
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bullet or round used. Pattern 1853, 1853, .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket Snider–Enfield, 1866, .577 Snider / .577/450 Martini–Henry...
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The 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a muzzle-loading rifled cannon made of wrought iron-reinforced cast iron. One of a line of Parrott rifles...
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The long rifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American long rifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare...
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Lee–Enfield (redirect from Charger Loading Lee-Enfields)
converted to load from chargers, and designated Charger Loading Lee–Enfields, or CLLEs. A shorter and lighter version of the original MLE—the Rifle, Short,...
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The .351 Winchester Self-Loading (.351 SL /.351 WSL) or 8.9x34mmSR is an American rifle cartridge designed in 1906. Winchester introduced the .351 SL in...
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