Breech Loading

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Seven

25th February 2019 Tom Pudding 3507 Comments

Introduction By the 1860s it had become obvious that the days of the muzzle loading firearm were numbered and that any government that failed to re-arm its troops with breechloaders would quickly be left behind [more…]

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Six

11th February 2019 Tom Pudding 2302 Comments

Introduction Sometime in mid-2017 I casually remarked to the chap shooting at the next bench to me that I had long been fascinated by the Westley Richards ‘Monkey Tail’ transitional rifle but had never actually [more…]

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Seven

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