The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... difficulties - Needle- gun - Snider - Martini - Henry - Martini - Enfield - The 303 rifle . 52 CHAPTER IV Devices for rapid fire - The revolver principle - Repeating rifles- Magazines - Clip and charger loading - Some foreign systems ...
... difficulties - Needle- gun - Snider - Martini - Henry - Martini - Enfield - The 303 rifle . 52 CHAPTER IV Devices for rapid fire - The revolver principle - Repeating rifles- Magazines - Clip and charger loading - Some foreign systems ...
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... be no record of the use of gunpowder as a means of projecting missiles until about six hundred years ago , and , considering the comparative feebleness of the first B ( explosive compounds , as well as the difficulty of.
... be no record of the use of gunpowder as a means of projecting missiles until about six hundred years ago , and , considering the comparative feebleness of the first B ( explosive compounds , as well as the difficulty of.
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Thomas Francis Fremantle. ( explosive compounds , as well as the difficulty of producing and working metal capable of controlling even such power as they possessed , it is almost a matter of surprise that the first firearms should have ...
Thomas Francis Fremantle. ( explosive compounds , as well as the difficulty of producing and working metal capable of controlling even such power as they possessed , it is almost a matter of surprise that the first firearms should have ...
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... difficulty - might stow itself without obstructing the process of loading with a well - fitting ball , and that spiral grooving was merely an accidental variation of this , afterwards found to possess special advan- tages . A passage ...
... difficulty - might stow itself without obstructing the process of loading with a well - fitting ball , and that spiral grooving was merely an accidental variation of this , afterwards found to possess special advan- tages . A passage ...
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... difficulties of the muzzle - loading rifle appreciated , the chief being the uselessness of a loose ball and the difficulty of loading with The adarme = 1 oz . 16 a tight one owing to the fouling , or residuum.
... difficulties of the muzzle - loading rifle appreciated , the chief being the uselessness of a loose ball and the difficulty of loading with The adarme = 1 oz . 16 a tight one owing to the fouling , or residuum.
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