At the end of the boys' watch they heard the crack-crack-crack of a huge
muzzle-loading revolver aboard her.
Another thing that surprised me was the fact that so much had been accomplished in so short a time, for I could not believe that I had been gone from Anoroc for a sufficient period to permit of building a fleet of fifty feluccas and mining iron ore for the cannon and balls, to say nothing of manufacturing these guns and the crude
muzzle-loading rifles with which every Mezop was armed, as well as the gunpowder and ammunition they had in such ample quantities.
One-third of it was an old
muzzle-loading fowling-piece with ragged rust holes where the nipples should have been; one-third a wirebound matchlock with a worm-eaten stock, and one-third a four-bore flint duck-gun, without a flint.
A rabbit-skin sleeping-robe, a
muzzle-loading rifle, and a few pounds of sun-dried salmon constituted his outfit.
According to an explanatory memorandum, the 'Bill seeks to review and increase the penalty for contravention of the offence of unlawful possession of and dealing in firearms and ammunition, including
muzzle-loading firearms.
The gun, it is believed, is from the same time since it's a 8-9 kg
muzzle-loading rifle.
Those periods are further subdivided into which type of hunting tool is used: archery, modern guns and
muzzle-loading rifles.
You might remember their svelte
muzzle-loading rifles or their featherweight 28-gauge doubles.
The South also imported from Britain quantities of the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot,
muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel.
The date on the lock is the year of manufacture of the original
muzzle-loading Model 1863 Springfield prior to being altered to a breech loader.
The weapons seized from the Maoists included two SLRs, two 8 mm rifles, two 12 mm rifles, three
muzzle-loading guns and assorted ammunition.
Coupled with predictably outstanding penetration and expansion, the 250-grain TMZ is a particularly capable, versatile
muzzle-loading bullet.