breechloading

breech·load·ing

(brēch′lō′dĭng)

adj.

Designed to be loaded at the breech. Used of a gun or other firearm.

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But, as was every other Latin American army, the Peruvians were seeking to reequip their army with the newly perfected metallic cartridge breechloading rifles, and over the next two decades they obtained a bewildering assortment of rifles from a variety of sources, often taking what they could get for the cheapest price with little thought given to standardization.

Military rifle cartridges of Peru part I: South America's most pugnacious country?

found itself possessed of tens of thousands of basically obsolete muzzleloading rifle-muskets and percussion breechloading carbines.

The original "big fifty": the U.S. government's first centerfire military round, the .50-70 was adapted to the Sharps breechloader. Our hardware historian finds out how his original stacks up with Chiappa's repro

The military needs breechloading firearms, and they need them now.

The McNelly sharps: Cimarron's Model 1859.50-70 Texas Rangers classic

The first breechloading, cartridge firing rifles--the Vintovka Berdana obr.

Russian rifles of the great war, revolution & civil war--part I: Russian troops were brave, and there were a lot of them, but shortcomings in supply and leadership squandered their personal sacrifices

It would seem that a government contract for Jenks breechloading carbines in the late 1840s holds that distinction, even though like other contract pieces the company would subsequently produce, it was not of their design.

Yellow Tavern 1864: though little was achieved tactically in this hard-fought battle, the Union's main accomplishment was the death of the confederacy's legendary cavalry leader by a single revolver bullet

While the name "Sharps" usually conjures up images of big-bore "Buffalo" rifles and thumb-size cartridges, the number of cartridge chambered Sharps ever produced pales in comparison to the mass production of the Civil War-era Sharps breechloading percussion carbines and rifles.

The civil war percussion sharps: more percussion rifles were made than cartridge models

To reequip its war-tattered forces in the aftermath of the conflict, Brazil began purchasing breechloading rifles from American and European sources.

Military rifle cartridges part 1: south american's odd man out

When breechloading became practical, narrow lands reduced friction on groove-diameter bullets.

Expert spin on the subject of barrels: rifling of various twists and types gets cut, hammered and ironed into tubes of myriad weights, shapes and materials, and the author gets some professional input on the pros and cons of various techniques

If a prize were to be awarded to the firearm gaining the most fame with the least numbers manufactured, it would have to go to the Sharps Model 1874, a single shot, falling block, breechloading rifle with side mounted hammer.

Far shooters: Sharps Model 1874s

41--better known as the Dreyse Needle Rifle--the first successful bolt-action, breechloading rifle used by a major power.

The military rifle cartridges of France part I

Accordingly, two arms used by troopers have been chosen for this month's feature--the British Pattern 1855 Sharps breechloading carbine and the East India Company's more archaic muzzle-loading Victoria Pattern Carbine.

Lucknow 1857: this bloody siege during the Indian Mutiny saw the use of two cavalry carbines--the British Pattern 1855 Sharps breechloader and the muzzleloading Victoria

by Josef Werndl, who also designed the Austrian Army's first breechloading rifle called, appropriately, the Werndl.