Breech Loading - Law Dictionary Search Results
Breech action
The breech mechanism in breech loading small arms and certain special guns as automatic and machine … referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech loading shotguns are locked unlocked or rotated to loading position
Breechblock
The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech loading firearm and resists the backward force of the discharge It
Breech loading
Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle
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Fermeture
The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech loading firearm in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock obturator and
Krupp gun
A breech loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp at
VerbarMitrailleuse
A breech loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together
Snider rifle
A breech loading rifle formerly used in the British service so called from
Breechloader
A firearm which receives its load at the breech … A firearm which receives its load at the breech
Muzzle loader
muzzle as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech … charge through the muzzle as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech
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