The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... cartridge when made up with a polygonal bullet , so that the angles of the bullet came opposite to those of the rifling , was in itself a considerable drawback in muzzle - loading ; in a breech - loader it made serious delay . In 1871 ...
... cartridge when made up with a polygonal bullet , so that the angles of the bullet came opposite to those of the rifling , was in itself a considerable drawback in muzzle - loading ; in a breech - loader it made serious delay . In 1871 ...
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... cartridge any lubricant beyond a couple of felt wads saturated with paraffin wax , and not liable to damage the ... cartridge case . If cartridges of this kind , and they were really within the reach of the Small Arms Com- EARLY BREECH ...
... cartridge any lubricant beyond a couple of felt wads saturated with paraffin wax , and not liable to damage the ... cartridge case . If cartridges of this kind , and they were really within the reach of the Small Arms Com- EARLY BREECH ...
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... cartridge was made of a thin material and was self - consum- ing . It had a disc of fulminating composition placed in front of the powder charge behind the base of the bullet ; on the trigger being pulled a long needle was driven ...
... cartridge was made of a thin material and was self - consum- ing . It had a disc of fulminating composition placed in front of the powder charge behind the base of the bullet ; on the trigger being pulled a long needle was driven ...
Página 66
... over laterally so that the cartridge could be inserted in front of it . Figs . 31 and 32 show the breech action - closed and open . It had by this THE SNIDER RIFLE 67 time become clear that there were 65 THE BOOK OF THE RIFLE.
... over laterally so that the cartridge could be inserted in front of it . Figs . 31 and 32 show the breech action - closed and open . It had by this THE SNIDER RIFLE 67 time become clear that there were 65 THE BOOK OF THE RIFLE.
Página 67
... cartridge case of metal , although this plan had not yet been adopted by any of the foreign Powers , and the Chassepôt rifle adopted by France in 1866 had a self - consuming paper cartridge . The old and perpetual FIG . 81 FIG . 32 ...
... cartridge case of metal , although this plan had not yet been adopted by any of the foreign Powers , and the Chassepôt rifle adopted by France in 1866 had a self - consuming paper cartridge . The old and perpetual FIG . 81 FIG . 32 ...
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