Breech Loading

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Seven

25th February 2019 Tom Pudding 0

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 0

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

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Six

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