breech-loading rifle

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• Breech-loading weapon — naval breech loader. Notice that there is a series of interlocking doors that never permit an open path from the gunhouse, down which a flash might travel, to the magazine.A breech loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun etc.) in which the… …   Wikipedia

• Muzzle-loading rifle — RMLS redirects here. For the real estate databases in various countries, see Multiple Listing Service. A muzzle loading rifle (often abbreviated RML) is a gun in which the projectile and propelling charge is loaded through the muzzle (i.e. the… …   Wikipedia

• Self-loading rifle — This article is about a firearm action. For the article about the specific rifle, see L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) A self loading rifle is a rifle in which the next cartridge is loaded into the chamber from the magazine as part of the action of… …   Wikipedia

• Rifle — A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ( rifling ) cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called lands, which make contact with the… …   Wikipedia

• rifle — rifle1 /ruy feuhl/, n., v., rifled, rifling. n. 1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory. 2. one of the grooves. 3. a cannon with… …   Universalium

• breech — n. & v. n. 1 a the part of a cannon behind the bore. b the back part of a rifle or gun barrel. 2 archaic the buttocks. v.tr. archaic put (a boy) into breeches after being in petticoats since birth. Phrases and idioms: breech birth (or delivery)… …   Useful english dictionary

• rifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gun, firearm; piece, carbine, automatic rifle; [sub]machine gun; chassepot, culverine, needle gun; flintlock, wheel lock, matchlock. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of rifles include: Albini… …   English dictionary for students

• M1819 Hall rifle — The M1819 Hall rifle was a single shot breech loading rifle designed by Captain John H. Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819. It used a falling breech design and was made with either flint lock or percussion cap… …   Wikipedia

• Ferguson rifle — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption=British Ferguson rifle name=Ferguson Rifle type=Rifle origin= era= platform=Individual target=Personnel design date=1770 production date= 1776 1778 service=British Army 1776 used by=USA, UK and allies wars=… …   Wikipedia

• Henry rifle — The Henry repeating rifle is a lever action, tubular magazine breech loading rifle.HistoryOriginal ManufacturingThe original Henry repeating rifle was an American .44 caliber rimfire, lever action, breech loading rifle designed by Benjamin Tyler… …   Wikipedia

• Snider rifle — Sni der ri fle, or Snider Sni der, n. (Mil.) A breech loading rifle formerly used in the British service; so called from the inventor. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English