- 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...
-
converted to
breechloaders,
using .450
Boxer centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880,
these revolvers (conversions and new
breechloaders) were adopted...
- the
first breechloader firing a
metallic cartridge in
regular British service, the
Martini was
designed from the
outset as a
breechloader and was both...
- 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...
- 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)...
- 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...
- are also
described by the type of
action emplo**** (e.g. muzzleloader,
breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic,
fully automatic, etc.)...
- The
Merrill carbine was a
breechloader firearm designed by Baltimore,
Maryland gunsmith and
inventor James H. Merrill. It was one of
several firearms either...
-
breech open. The
hinged block used in the
earliest metallic-cartridge
breechloaders designed for
general military issue began as
conversions of muzzle-loading...
