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- 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)...
- 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 Ferguson rifle was one of the first breech-loading rifles to be put into service by the British military. It fired a standard British carbine ball...
- London that breechloading guns were taken more seriously by British and American gun makers in particular. The display of a Lefaucheux breechloading gun inspired...
- 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...
- due to its long range. Originally a muzzleloader, it was converted to breechloading in 1867, the so-called Lindner conversion. In 1869 the Bavarian army...
- The Ballard Rifle was a single shot, breechloading longarm used during the late American Civil War by Kentucky volunteers. The Ballard Rifle was designed...
- Armstrong 6-inch breechloading disappearing gun of the 1880s at the Chulachomklao Fort, Samut Prakan, Thailand...
- Also, Krupp was one of the first manufacturers to design practical breechloading guns for army use. In 1856, Fried. Krupp A.G., produced a 9 cm (6-Pfünder-Feldkanone...