breechloaders

There was a lot to see, many civil war antique breechloaders and a lot of early bolt action military rifles, Gras, Beaumont, and Vetterli rifles.

Do You Feel Lucky, Watermelon? 2009

There was a lot to see, many civil war antique breechloaders and a lot of early bolt action military rifles, Gras, Beaumont, and Vetterli rifles.

Do You Feel Lucky, Watermelon? 2009

For the most part they were miserable weapons: single-shot breechloaders cursed with weak firing springs that rarely lasted a year.

One River Wade Davis 1996

For the most part they were miserable weapons: single-shot breechloaders cursed with weak firing springs that rarely lasted a year.

One River Wade Davis 1996

The reckless beggars, too, were so busy looking out in the direction of the stranded steamer for which they were making, that somehow or other they did not catch sight of us until they were nearly within easy range of our six-inch breechloaders; the leading dhow, which was what the

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

The steel breechloaders of the Prussians, firing two rounds a minute with a percussion shell that broke into about 30 fragments, did much to defeat the French (1870-71).

Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy

But, they were only babies to the big rifled breechloaders now in vogue; albeit they did tidy enough work in the destructive line in their day, as the annals of our navy can tell, and other nations have experienced to their cost both on land and sea!

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

In Britain, after breechloaders had been in use almost a decade, the ordnance men went back to muzzle-loading rifles; faulty breech mechanisms caused too many accidents.

Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy

Soon after 10 a.m. there was a slight lull in the fighting, leading us to believe that the Afghans were recoiling before the breechloaders.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

On the morning when the breechloaders are cracking amongst the coveys there is incipient frost, followed by a blazing sun, which finishes off the remnant of new snow which did not melt yesterday; and there is a violet hue upon the shallower water which ought to look brown.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior