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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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