- 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...
- the
first breechloader firing a
metallic cartridge in
regular British service, the
Martini was
designed from the
outset as a
breechloader and was both...
-
converted to
breechloaders,
using .450
Boxer centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880,
these revolvers (conversions and new
breechloaders) were adopted...
- firearm. Its
history is
closely ****ociated with the
development of the
breechloader,
which would eventually replace all muzzle-loading firearms. The cartridge...
- 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...
- are also
described by the type of
action emplo**** (e.g. muzzleloader,
breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic,
fully automatic, etc.)...
-
centerfire bolt-action
breechloader was
patented by Béatus Beringer. In 1852
another metallic centerfire bolt-action
breechloader was
patented by Joseph...
- 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...
