- 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)...
- Beaumont-Adams revolver,
designed in 1856.
After 1867, the
production of
breechloading Adams revolvers began, and many
existing Adams and Beaumont-Adams revolvers...
- The
Peabody action was an
early form of
breechloading firearm action,
where the
heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt
mounted in the rear of...
- The
Ferguson rifle was one of the
first breech-loading
rifles to be put into
service by the
British military. It was
designed by
Major Patrick Ferguson...
- used and were
called "mountain howitzers". The
first designs of
modern breechloading mountain guns with
recoil control and the
capacity to be
easily broken...
- The
Historical Breechloading Smallarms ****ociation (HBSA) is a
learned society supporting the
collecting of
historic arms and
preservation of
their heritage...
- The
chamber of a
firearm is the
cavity at the back end of a
breechloading weapon's
barrel or cylinder,
where the
ammunition is
inserted before being fired...
-
Repeating rifles were a
significant advance over the
preceding single-shot,
breechloading rifles when used for
military combat, as they
allowed a much greater...
-
Armstrong 6-inch
breechloading disappearing gun of the 1880s at the
Chulachomklao Fort,
Samut Prakan, Thailand...
- The M1867 Werndl–Holub was a single-shot
breechloading rifle adopted by the Austro-Hungarian army on 28 July 1867. It
replaced the Wänzl breechloader...
