Eastman's six breech-loading cannon, recently imported from ... superintendent of government gun factories at Woolwich, and having been twice fired with a double charge of blank cartridgenamely ...
has rifling in the barrel and is loaded from the breech at the rear of the gun. The spin imparted by the gun's rifling gives projectiles directional stability and increased range. Loading from the ...
Breech-loading rifle with a smooth barrel. It has a central firing mechanism of the Snider ... Stevens of Maastricht sent a model rifle to the Department of the Navy; the date on this one, 1862, is ...
This early 16th century cast iron, breech-loading cannon is the only one of its kind in Wales. It is designed to be carried on a ship of war and fired through a gun port on the side of the hull.
The internal structure of the barrel is visible with the barrel lands and grooves peeled back where the shell exploded exposing bare metal. The barrel is made from ordnance steel. The remains of the ...
6 inch rifled breech loading gun with replica steel gunshield. The gun has 5 main structural elements – the Breech, the barrel, shield, the cradle, including elevation and traversing mechanism and ...
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