- The
Minié rifle was an
rifled musket used by the
infantry of a
number of
countries in the mid-19th century. A
version was
adopted in 1849
following the...
- The
Minié ball, or
Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based
bullet designed by Claude-Étienne
Minié for muzzle-loaded,
rifled muskets.
Invented in 1846 shortly...
- its development, the
rifle's history has been
marked by
increases in
range and accuracy. From the
Minié rifle and beyond, the
rifle has
become ever more...
-
problem of
designing a
reliable muzzle-loading
rifle by
inventing the
Minié ball in 1846, and the
Minié rifle in 1849. He
succeeded the
pioneering work of...
- training. Yet the
Minié-type
rifled muskets were much more
accurate than
smoothbore muskets.
Tests of a
rifled musket firing Minié ball, and a smoothbore...
-
Minié or
Minie may
refer to: Claude-Étienne
Minié (1804-1879),
French Army
officer and
weapons designer Minié rifle,
designed by Claude-Étienne
Minié...
-
weapons (usually
Minié rifles) into breech-loading ones, in a
process similar to that of the Snider-Enfield in
Great Britain, Wänzl
rifle in Austria, and...
- muzzle-loading
rifle was
judged to be a
better weapon, and an
improved version was
adopted as the
Pattern 1851
Minié-type muzzle-loading
rifle.
After the...
- upon
production of the .702-inch [17.8 mm]
Pattern 1851
Minié rifle using the
conical Minie bullet,
which replaced the
Pattern 1842 .753
calibre smoothbore...
-
engage the rifling. In 1851, the
British adopted the
Minié ball for
their 702-inch
Pattern 1851
Minié rifle. In 1855,
James Burton, a
machinist at the U.S....
