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	Breech-loading weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A breech-loading weapon, usually a gun or cannon, is one where the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded into the gun at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading.
		In field artillery, breech loading allows the crew to reload the muzzle without exposing themselves to enemy fire, and it allows turrets and emplacements to be smaller.
		The main advantage of breech-loading is a reduction in reloading time; it is much quicker to load the projectile and charge into the breech than to force them down a long tube, especially when the tube has spiral ridges from rifling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Breech-loading_weapon (650 words)

	OHS - Local History - HISTORIC FIREARMS AND ORDINANCE: ARTIFACTS WITH SPECIAL PROBLEMS
		When the chamber of any breech-loading weapon is opened, a cartridge may stay in the chamber at the back end of the barrel because of a missing or broken extractor (the device that removes empty casings and unfired rounds from the chamber when the gun is opened).
		On "percussion" weapons (guns that have a little nipple at the breech end of the barrel over which a percussion cap is placed to ignite the charge inside), the nipple will get mashed down and ruined.
		Weapons and related materials, whether they were used in sport, hunting, self-protection, law enforcement, or military service, are often important artifacts in the stories we are telling in our exhibits.
	www.ohiohistory.org /resource/oahsm/notebook/janfeb1991.html (3086 words)

	History of Small Arms
		Cavalry in both the Union and the Confederate Armies employed a variety of breech-loading, single-shot, rifle-barrelled weapons known as carbines.
		This was highlighted by a changeover in shoulder-fired weapons from smoothbore firearms that had to be loaded through the muzzle each time a shot was fired to rifled-barrel firearms, some of which loaded at the breech.
		The preferred weapon of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate horse soldiers was a pair of the.36 caliber Navy revolvers manufactured by Colt which Forrest believed was far superior to the Yankee infantry's bayonet.
	www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_smallarmshist.htm (1404 words)

	History of the 4.2" Chemical Mortar
		The principal Japanese ground weapon for the employment of chemical munitions was the 90mm (3.5") mortar.
		The weapon was fired in the usual manner and ranged from 115 to 400 yards.
		This was a smooth-bore weapon that fired a dart-shaped, fin-tailed shell.
	www.4point2.org /mortar42.htm (5003 words)

	Muzzle Blasts Online,Vol. 5, No. 1; "This Barbarous Weapon"
		Loading though the breech's 7/8-inch vertical opening (C), the sphere rolls forward until stopped by a lip, or venturi shoulder radius, or taper, or by its engaging the barrel's rifling.
		It had a breech plug that passed perpendicularly through the barrel's breech and opened on a smoothly-moving screw thread by a single rotation of the trigger guard.
		When the breech plug was lowered, the barrel's breech was exposed, into which a round ball could be inserted.
	www.muzzleblasts.com /vol5no1/articles/mbo51-1.html (4074 words)

	History of the Civil War
		One gunner aimed the weapon and fired it by turning the crank which closed the breech and automatically released the sliding hammer.
		Simultaneously, a steel chamber containing a.58 caliber paper cartridge (early model) in each breech was loaded from a hopper at the top, and each one was fired when it was at the bottommost position.
		On the same axle as the breech cam is another cam that cocks the hammer and drops it just as the breech block is closed.
	www.floridareenactorsonline.com /machinegun.htm (1767 words)

	Snipers Paradise
		Loading a gun from the breech was much easier than doing so from the muzzle, especially while lying on the ground.
		By 1812 the breech loading mechanism had been improved so as to withstand the force of a heavier powder charge as required for military service.
		The drop block sealed the breech and greatly reduced the escape of gas and the threat of backflash.
	www.snipersparadise.com /history/sharps.htm (1432 words)

	Infantry Guns and Heavy Mortars
		Such a small weapon could easily be carried in the back of a Police van and could use a range of non-lethal rounds in addition to military loads.
		This weapon has considerable potential for use in mountainous terrain where the near vertical descent of the round will be particularly effective and the use of vehicle mounted systems may not be possible.
		An interim design of 155mm mortar could possibly be created by fitting 160mm smoothbore weapons with new barrels or rifled inserts.Since it is the same calibre as a 155mm howitzer the 155mm mortar can use rounds developed for the former weapon such as the M483 DPICM warhead, M449 anti-personnel bomblet warhead or M898 SADAM.
	www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/infantrygun.html (4070 words)

	REME Technical Notes on Weapons Collection - Introduction
		The lock is the name of the firing mechanism of a weapon and should not be confused with the breech locking system which closes the rear end of the barrel of a breech loading weapon.
		After the weapon had been loaded by ramming powder, shot and wad into the barrel, priming powder was placed into a touch hole at the rear of the barrel and ignited by means of a piece of smouldering tow or wood.
		The sling was probably the first weapon used for discharging missiles, but its origin is lost in history, although the biblical story of David and Goliath portrays the effectiveness of the sling as a weapon.
	www.rememuseum.org.uk /arms/technote/armtech1.htm (1550 words)

	FIIG T102 Index
		It replaces a breech bolt in a rifle or machine gun to alter the operation of the weapon from gas to blow-back so that low-powered practice ammunition may be used.
		A device in the breech mechanism of a gun, rifle, grenade launcher, or the like for (1) pulling an empty cartridge case or an unfired cartridge out of the chamber of the weapon, or (2) extracting a cartridge from a belt and positioning it for insertion into the chamber.
		It is designed for use as a hand weapon, for general purpose use in the field, or as a bayonet when attached to the muzzle end of a carbine, rifle, or the like.
	www.dlis.dla.mil /fiigdata/T1020/ainindex.htm (6155 words)

	weaponry
		This weapon used by the Torvaldslanders is described as a single-bladed axe of hardened iron, with a blade of anywhere from 8 to 14 inches in width.
		Yet, as a weapon, it has serious disadvantages, and on Gor the crossbow, inferior in accuracy, range and rate of fire, with its heavy cable and its leaves of steel, tends to be generally favored.
		The blade of this weapon is between twenty and twenty-two inches in length, and it is worn either in a belt scabbard or in the same scabbard, slung over the shoulder for travel.
	www.counter-urth.com /CF/weaponry.html (4553 words)

	Nerf HQ Forums :: View topic - Tactical Reloading
		The basic ways to load a weapon is either blowing the dart back, using a breech-loading system, or using a ramrod.
		It depends on the weapon sometimes, but you still don't need to have to think too hard about loading your weapon when you're being chased down.
		What I do is I shoot my weapon, prime the next shot, and reload the last one I shot if I have time or I'm not in a firefight.
	www.nerfhq.com /phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=3992 (1244 words)

	FTHA CWP Safety Rules - Weapon Safety
		19: All breech loading weapons, both those using metallic and paper cartridges, must be approved by the CWP Safety Inspector.
		The method of making blanks and loading the weapon must be demonstrated to the Safety Inspector and approved by him.
		5.15: The loading of weapons will commence just prior to the start of any demonstration and only on the command of the Brigade Commander.
	www.forttejon.org /safepr.html (574 words)

	The Price of Freedom: Ferguson Rifle
		This was one of the first breech loading rifles used in battle.
		The weapon was a sucess having a range of 250 yards, bettering the musket whose range was about 50 yards.
		This exposed the chamber so the ball could be dropped in, the gunpowder poured in after and the breech closed without the use of a ramrod.
	americanhistory.si.edu /militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=635 (194 words)

	Rutgers Book Center - Trapdoor Springfield
		The TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD: the gun which, despite all obstacles, became the first breech-loading rifle of the United States Army and which for 20 years remained the army's warhorse.
		The TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD: a controversial weapon from its inception; the subject of continuing experimentation to improve its utility in the field.
		Prior to the turn of the century no military weapon saw more field action; none was in the field for so long a time.
	www.rutgersgunbooks.com /trapdoor.shtml (319 words)

	Fort Union NM: Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest (Chapter 1)
		In battle the troops were only as good as their weapons and commanders.
		The Third Infantry was equipped with the.69 caliber percussion smoothbore musket, a reliable instrument with destructive impact (although not as accurate as a rifled musket).
		Military freight contractors carried 422 wagon loads of supplies from Fort Leavenworth to the posts of New Mexico during 1850, a total of 2.15 million pounds of food, clothing, and equipment.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/foun/hrs1b.htm (6338 words)

	Black Hawk Down - Military.com Special Feature
		It is a lightweight, compact, breech loading, pump action, single shot launcher.
		is a lightweight weapon designed for either 3-round bursts or semiautomatic fire through the use of a selector lever.
		The RPG7 is an 85 mm Soviet infantry anti-tank weapon.
	www.military.com /ContentFiles/BHDequipmentW (149 words)

	m1903manual.html
		At the same time, he bends to the left front, regrasping his weapon with his left hand at the handguard and his right hand at the small of the stock.
		This weapon was fitted with a permanently mounted telescope sight block.
		During the intervening years between World Wars I and II, the M1903 special target rifle or match weapon enchanced the rifle's reputation for accuracy.
	storm.prohosting.com /garc/m1903manual.html (4180 words)

	small arms: Breechloaders and Revolvers
		Colt's weapon was a pistol with a revolving cylinder, capable of firing several shots without reloading.
		Although gunsmiths had experimented with breech-loading cannon and small arms almost since the invention of firearms, it was not until c.1870 that practical breech-loading firearms came into general use.
		By the 1880s magazine loading, smokeless powder, and the bolt action had also been developed in Europe and the United States and were in general use in military small arms.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0861138.html (182 words)

	American Experience The Time of the Lincolns A Rising Nation
		The Sharps rifle, invented in 1848, was one of the first breech-loading military weapons.
		In order to load a muzzle-loading weapon, a soldier was required to pour a measured amount of gunpowder down the barrel of his gun and follow it with a lead ball.
		It could be loaded much faster than a muzzle loader.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/lincolns/nation/gal_tech_6.html (203 words)

	Nez Perce NHP: Nez Perce Summer, 1877 (Chapter 12)
		The steel breech-loading weapon weighed but 116 pounds, had a caliber of 1.65 inches, and employed a charge of six ounces of black powder to propel a two-pound explosive percussion shell a distance of as much as fifteen hundred yards.
		Such fears proved unwarranted, for though some Nez Perce men came among them during the night, they came to take their weapons and ammunition.
		One man reportedly cried out to his comrades back on the line: "If some of you fellows don't take the blankets off them dead horses, I'll be damned if I won't freeze to death." [85] Some died; those who did not feared that the warriors would come and finish them off and perhaps mutilate them.
	www.nps.gov /nepe/greene/chap12b.htm (3175 words)

	Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Hunting - Trapping
		Breech loading single shot rifles must have exposed hammers and use metallic cartridges.
		This an approved list that we have for the new public notice on the breech loading single shot rifles, kind or type manufactured before 1900 with an exposed hammer,.38 cal or larger.
		Sidearms are not allowed during primitive weapon season
	www.mdwfp.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12701 (426 words)

	History for 49th SPS & SFS unofficial website
		The M-203 grenade launcher is a lightweight, breech loading, pump action, single shot, manually operated weapon.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,717401,00.html (134 words)

	Weapon: Sharps Carbine
		Description: A Breech loading,.54 caliber weapon, the cavalry carbine was shorter and lighter than it's infantry counterpart.
		Employment at Sharpsburg: Many Federal cavalrymen were equipped with this weapon.
		Approximately 115,000 of these carbines were made during the Civil War, and they were very popular with the troopers because of their reliability and resistance to fouling and jamming.
	aotw.org /weapons.php?weapon_id=11 (89 words)

	Important Dates in Gun History
		Muzzle loading was so unassailably established we do not find a single breech-loading cartridge weapon shown by a British firm at the Great Exhibition of
		Duelling pistols became officially standardized weapons -then it was laid down that they should be 9 or 10 inch barreled, smooth bore flintlocks of 1 inch bore, carrying a ball of forty- eight to the pound
		This represents the first introduction of firearms as an official weapon of the Royal Guard
	armscollectors.com /gunhistorydates.htm (2136 words)

	UNC-TV:The Civil War Experience
		Breech-loading guns, although they were able to hold more ammunition and fire repeatedly, neither army typically had enough ammunition to use with a breech-loading gun.
		Breech-loading cannons typically were not used during the Civil War because of their awkwardness.
		Muzzle-loading guns could fire the minie ball, but were slow to load.
	www.unctv.org /thecivilwarexperience/weapons.html (208 words)

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		If it were not true that Jumpin' Joe had used these weapons, as a Recon Marine in the Gulf War and later in Somalia, the effect might have been a caricature of what is supposed to be a type of Marine sergeant.
		Smith kept his finger on the trigger and held the recoiling weapon tightly as he pumped rounds in to the slumping warrior.
		Nothing kills men like mortars, and no weapon is more dreaded by foot soldiers.
	www.homestead.com /ourpipedreams/murph604apt1sect2.html (11513 words)

	Civil War Artillery - Weaponry
		As with rifling, the advantages of loading a cannon at the breech are fairly clear, as the men serving at the front of a gun could attest.
		The gun shows the last vestiges of the highly decorated artillery profiles that had prevailed until the beginning of the century: breech band, cascable fillet, fillet and roundel at the throat, and an echinus on the muzzle face were also features of the M1841 12-pounder.
		(Many older weapons, particularly the nearly obsolete 6-pounders, were rebored with rifling at the start of the War, and proved to be of very limited use after a very short time.) Effective rifled cannon required harder metal, but cast iron, the logical choice, was too brittle.
	www.cwartillery.org /aguns.html (2195 words)

	USA 10"/30 (25.4 cm) Mark 1 and Mark 2
		This weapon was the first heavy breech loader (BL) gun of the "New Navy" and is the ancestor to every large caliber breech loading naval weapon built in the USA.
		A lighter weight heavy weapon with a bore of 10" (25.4 cm) was also desired to arm monitors and what became the "Second Class Battleship" USS Maine.
		Note: The original Rate of Fire was greatly improved by more careful loading practices and better training.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_10-30_mk1.htm (490 words)

	Colt M203
		It is a lightweight, compact, breech loading, single shot launcher.
		The launcher also has a quadrant sight which may be attached to the M16/M23 carrying handle and is used when precision is required out to the maximum effective range of the weapon.
		The launcher consists of a hand guard and sight assembly with an adjustable metallic folding, short-range blade sight assembly, and an aluminum receiver assembly which houses the barrel latch, barrel stop and firing mechanism.
	matrix.dumpshock.com /raygun/firearms/grenade/m203.html (132 words)

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