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muzzleloader is any
firearm in
which the user
loads the
projectile and the
propellant charge into the
muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open...
- A
muzzle-
loading rifle is a
muzzle-loaded
small arm or
artillery piece that has a
rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore. The term "rifled
muzzle loader"...
- 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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which the user
loads the
ammunition from the (
muzzle) end of the barrel. The vast
majority of
modern firearms are
generally breech-
loaders,
while firearms...
- an
Ordnance Select committee met to
consider the
merits of
muzzle-
loading and breech-
loading guns. In 1864, even
before they had
concluded their investigations...
- Hall
rifle was a single-shot breech-
loading rifle (also
considered something of a
hybrid breech and
muzzle-
loading design)
designed by John Han**** Hall...
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greater ease. The
black powder used in
early muzzle-
loading rifles quickly fouled the barrel,
making loading slower and more difficult. The
greater range...
- govt.
rifle barrels with an under-barrel
cleaning rod. H&R
produced muzzle loading firearms under the
Huntsman and
Sidekick models,
during two different...
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Muzzle-
loading guns (as
opposed to
muzzle-
loading mortars and howitzers) are an
early type of artillery, (often
field artillery, but
naval artillery and...
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Siege artillery (also
siege guns or
siege cannons) are
heavy guns
designed to
bombard fortifications, cities, and
other fixed targets. They are distinct...
