- 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...
- 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)...
-
converted to
breechloaders,
using .450
Boxer centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880,
these revolvers (conversions and new
breechloaders) were adopted...
-
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...
- the
first breechloader firing a
metallic cartridge in
regular British service, the
Martini was
designed from the
outset as a
breechloader and was both...
- 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 ****ociated with the
development of the
breechloader,
which would eventually replace all muzzle-loading firearms. The cartridge...
- are also
described by the type of
action emplo**** (e.g. muzzleloader,
breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic,
fully automatic, etc.)...
- 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...
