With the appearance of the hiltless sword bayonet, such as the socket-mounted variety, their use on the end of the musket or rifle also became a hindrance during the reloading of the muzzle-loaded longarm, ( a common problem to all muzzle-loading infantry weapons ).

The artillery was equipped with rifled, muzzle-loaded Lahitte " 4-pounder " ( actual weight of shot: ) guns.

Under the command of the British minister to China, Claude Maxwell MacDonald, the legation staff and security personnel defended the compound with small arms, three machine guns, and one old muzzle-loaded cannon, which was nicknamed the International Gun because the barrel was British, the carriage Italian, the shells Russian, and the crew American.

In field artillery, breech loading allows the crew to reload the weapon without exposing themselves to enemy fire or repositioning the piece ( as was required for muzzle-loaded weapons ) and allows turrets and emplacements to be smaller ( since breech loaded weapons do not need to be retracted for loading ).

Known as the Longspur it was a muzzle-loaded percussion cap and ball pistol.

It was muzzle-loaded and fired a medium sized bullet or musket ball.

It was a muzzle-loaded weapon and therefore had a slow rate of fire, averaging between six and twelve rounds per minute ; as such it was considered vital that the weapon be well-camouflaged and that it hit the target with the first shot.

Under the command of the British minister to China, Claude Maxwell MacDonald, the legation staff and security personnel defended the compound with small arms and one old muzzle-loaded cannon discovered and unearthed by Chinese Christians who turned it over to the allies ; it was nicknamed the International Gun because the barrel was British, the carriage was Italian, the shells were Russian, and the crew was American.

A muzzle-loaded weapon required the bullet to fit snugly into the barrel.

The arquebus ( or ) ( sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut ; from Dutch haakbus, meaning " hook gun "), or " hook tube ", is an early muzzle-loaded firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries.

These muzzle-loaded weapons were used primarily for close-range combat and to supplement the availability of more traditional short ranged weapons such as the saber or carbine.

Permits are not required for muzzle-loaded black powder guns made before 1890 as long as they are not used.

The cascabel ( the large ball at the rear of old muzzle-loaded guns ) of several cannons captured during the siege are used to make the British Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the British Armed Forces.

Ming Army's matchlocks, an early muzzle-loaded firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries ,.

The park remains unique still for allowing only muzzle-loaded firearms.

Air guns with muzzle energy up to 15 J, gas pistols and muzzle-loaded guns are available to anybody above 18 without permission.

Larger cast cannon were easily muzzle-loaded with corned powder using a long-handled ladle.

Alfred strongly believed in the superiority of breech-loaders, on account of improved accuracy and speed, but this view did not win general acceptance among military officers, who remained loyal to tried-and-true muzzle-loaded bronze cannon.

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder.

These weapons are also breech-loaded while mortars are muzzle-loaded.

The muzzle-loaded guns were rigged so that the bullet in fact never left the gun.

The gun is a 12-pound muzzle-loaded naval cannon, cast in Woolwich, England in 1816.

He had what amounted to a long, small-bore muzzle-loaded cannon.

At the same moment Wheeler Fiske fired the rifle Mike had given him and another guerrilla was hit.

The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper Laramie country in a single week.

In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.

The mortar was equipped with dummy shells and the recoilless rifle was deactivated.

From the east to the west coast of the Korean peninsula was a strip of land in which fear-filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night, sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound, or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts.

Under the trees, there was a dead redcoat, a young boy with a pasty white skin and a face full of pimples, who had taken a rifle ball directly between the eyes.

It's extremely accurate for an auto, and the test rifle I tried was completely trouble-free in functioning.

Where was Muller waiting with the rifle??

Hoag pushed open the door: at the far end of the long dark room Muller was faintly silhouetted against the window, the rifle still raised ; ;

The problem is sometimes known as season cracking after it was first discovered in brass cartridge cases used for rifle ammunition during the 1920s in the Indian Army.

The charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great losses to the Confederate army.

In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters.

A special armed employee of the express service using the stage for transportation of bullion or cash would sit beside the driver, carrying a short shotgun ( or alternatively a rifle ), to provide an armed response in case of threat to the cargo, which was usually a strongbox.

For example, the Russian Model 1891 rifle with an 800 mm ( 31. 5 inch ) barrel was shortened to 730 mm ( 28. 75 in.

They then developed an intermediate-power cartridge round, which was accomplished by reducing the power and the length of the standard 7. 92x57 Mauser rifle cartridge to create the 7. 92x33 Kurz ( Short ) cartridge.

A selective-fire weapon was developed to fire this shorter cartridge, eventually resulting in the Sturmgewehr 44, later translated as " assault rifle ".

Another myth describes Polish cavalry as being armed with both sabres and lances ; lances were used for peacetime ceremonial purposes only and the primary weapon of the Polish cavalryman in 1939 was a rifle.

The next step in development was rifle shaped stocks that allowed better aiming.

In 1966, the Portuguese created an experimental horse platoon, to operate against the guerrillas in the high grass region of the Eastern Angola, in which each soldier was armed with a G3 assault rifle to combat on foot and with an automatic pistol to fire on horseback.

On the following Bastille Day, Galois was at the head of a protest, wearing the uniform of the disbanded artillery, and came heavily armed with several pistols, a rifle, and a dagger.

This design was to become the model basis for the " assault rifle " subclass of automatic weapons, as contrasted with " battle rifles " which generally fire a traditional " full-power " rifle cartridge.