Before loading a muzzleloader, it’s helpful to fire a few caps to make sure the nipple and vent hole into the breech is clear. Measure out the appropriate amount of powder.

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This second type Remington Breech Loading Carbine features Remington's famous rolling block action. It fired a .50 caliber metal rimfire cartridge and was the last type of firearm purchased by the ...

Within a generation the muzzle-loading musket was replaced by the breech-loading rifle, and the effect on the fighting man was immediate and deadly. Infantry weapons became more accurate, ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Trial of Breech-Loading Carbines ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 51 (August 1858), p. 406 doi:10.1038 ...

Introduced in 1853, the Enfield Rifle was a muzzle-loading, rifled musket that had a range of about 1,000 yards. Updated in 1867 as the Snider-Enfield Rifle, it incorporated a breech system that ...

Denel Land Systems is displaying the GI-30 30mm CamGun electro-mechanical cannon and the M10 60mm breech-loading mortar internationally for the first time at the DSIE exhibition in London. The GI-30 ...