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Ramrod
A ramrod (or scouring stick) is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloader, muzzleloading firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly blackpowder). The ramrod was used with weapons such as muskets and cannons and was usually held in a notch underneath the barrel. Use in firearms Bullets that did not fit snugly in the barrel were often secured in place by a wad of paper or cloth, but either way, ramming was necessary to place the bullet securely at the rear of the barrel. Ramming was also needed to tamp the powder so that it would explode properly instead of fizzle (this was a leading cause of misfires). In some pistols from the 17th century, the ramrod is folded up in a small compartment at the end of the pommel. The ramrod could also be fitted with tools for various tasks such as cleaning the weapon, or retrieving a stuck bullet. Caplock revolvers Caplock mechanism, Cap and ball revolvers were loaded a bit like muzzleloaders—powder was poured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley Longspur
Webley Longspur is an early British percussion revolver, patented in 1853. The first revolver of the later famous British factory Webley&Son, it was an open frame, 5-shot, single action revolver. It was a solid and popular weapon at the time, although it faced heavy competition from already established, popular Colt's and Adams revolvers. Background The first commercially available percussion revolver was developed by Samuel Colt in 1834; serial production began in 1836 at his first factory in Paterson, New Jersey. Colt obtained patents for any firearm with a revolving cylinder in the US, UK and France in 1836. Colt thus had a monopoly on revolver production until 1857 in the US, and until 1851 in Europe. Although his first company went bankrupt in 1843, Colt's percussion revolvers gained popularity during Mexican-American War (1847–1848) and California gold rush (1849), which led to great demand for both large holster revolvers for cavalry and small pocket revolvers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musket
A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket gradually disappeared as the use of heavy armour declined, but ''musket'' continued as the generic term for smoothbore long guns until the mid-19th century. In turn, this style of musket was retired in the 19th century when rifled muskets (simply called rifles in modern terminology) using the Minié ball (invented by Claude-Étienne Minié in 1849) became common. The development of breech-loading firearms using self-contained Cartridge (firearms), cartridges, introduced by Casimir Lefaucheux in 1835, began to make muskets obsolete. The first reliable repeating rifles, the 1860 Henry rifle and its 1866 descendent the Winchester rifle, superseded muskets entirely. Repeating rifles quickly established themselves as the standard for rifle design, ending the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzzleloader
A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the bullet, projectile and the propellant charge into the Muzzle (firearms), muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel). This is distinct from the modern designs of Breechloader, breech-loading firearms, in which user loads the ammunition into the Chamber (firearms), breech end of the gun barrel, barrel. The term "muzzleloader" applies to both rifled and smoothbore type muzzleloaders, and may also refer to the marksman who specializes in the shooting of such firearms. The firing methods, paraphernalia and mechanism further divide both categories as do caliber (from cannons to small-caliber palm guns). Modern muzzleloading firearms range from reproductions of sidelock, flintlock and percussion cap, percussion long guns, to in-line rifles that use modern inventions such as a closed breech, sealed percussion cap, primer and fast rifling to allow for considerable accuracy at long ranges. Modern Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranter (revolver)
The Tranter revolver was a double-action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816–1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism much the same as that found in the contemporary Beaumont–Adams revolver. Early Tranter revolvers were generally versions of the various Robert Adams-designed revolver models, of which Tranter had produced in excess of 8000 revolvers by 1853. The first model of his own design used the frame of an Adams-type revolver, with a modification in the mechanism which he had jointly developed with James Kerr. The first model was sold under the name Tranter-Adams-Kerr. Design and operation The Tranter revolver was a "solid-frame" design, very similar in appearance to the Beaumont–Adams revolver. Over the course of the 3 models Tranter developed, the only significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cylinder (firearms)
In firearms, the cylinder is the cylindrical, rotating part of a revolver containing multiple chamber (firearms), chambers, each of which is capable of holding a single cartridge (firearms), cartridge. The cylinder rotates (revolves) around a central axis in the revolver's action (firearms), action to sequentially align each individual chamber with the gun barrel#Bore, barrel bore for repeated firing. Each time the gun is cocked, the cylinder indexing (motion), indexes by one chamber (for five-chambers, by 72Degree (angle), °, for six-chambers, by 60Degree (angle), °, for seven-chambers, by 51.43Degree (angle), °, for eight-chambers, by 45Degree (angle), °, for nine-chambers, by 40Degree (angle), °, and for ten-chambers, by 36Degree (angle), °). Serving the same function as a rotary magazine, the cylinder stores ammunitions within the revolver and allows it to repeating firearm, fire multiple times, before needing to be reloaded. Typically revolver cylinders are designed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile ( bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance ( smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device ( primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting. Although in popular usage the term "bullet" is often used to refer to a complete cartridge, the correct usage only refers to the projectile. Military and commercial producers continue to pursue the goal of caseless ammunition. Some artillery ammunition uses the same cartridge concept as found in small arms. In other cases, the artillery shell is separate from the propellant charge. A cartridge without a projectile is called a '' blank''; one that is completely inert (contains no active primer and no propellant) is called a '' dummy''; one that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Artillery
Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements. The term generally refers to powder-launched projectile-firing weapons and excludes self-propelled projectiles such as torpedoes, rockets, and missiles and those simply dropped overboard such as depth charges and naval mines. Origins The idea of ship-borne artillery dates back to the classical era. Julius Caesar wrote about the Roman navy's usage of ship-borne catapults against Celtic Britons ashore in his ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. The dromons of the Byzantine Empire carried catapults and Greek fire. From the Middle Ages onwards, warships began to carry cannons of various calibres. In the Battle of Tangdao in 1161, the Southern Song general Li Bao used huopao (a type of gunpowder weapons, possibly cannons) and fire arro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaumont–Adams Revolver
The Beaumont–Adams revolver is a black powder, double-action, percussion revolver. Originally adopted by the British Army in .442 calibre (54-bore, 11.2 mm) in 1856, it was replaced in British service in 1880 by the .476 calibre (11.6 mm) Enfield Mk I revolver. History On 20 February 1856, Lieutenant Frederick E. B. Beaumont of the Royal Engineers was granted a British patent for improvements to the Adams revolver which allowed them to be cocked and fired either by manually cocking the hammer as in single-action revolvers or by just pulling the trigger. Beaumont was granted a US Patent (no. 15,032) on 3 June of the same year. File:001 beaumont1856patent.jpg File:002 beaumont1856patent.jpg File:003 beaumont1856patent.jpg File:British Army Mark III Model of 1872.JPG, British Army Mark III, Model of 1872 At that time there was intense competition between Adams and Colt, which was rapidly expanding its sales and had opened a London factory competing with the British fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webley Percussion Revolver (left Side)
Webley may refer to: * Webley & Scott or Webley, a British arms manufacturer ** Webley Revolver ** Webley Stinger, an air pistol ** .442 Webley revolver cartridge ** .455 Webley handgun cartridge ** .45 Webley, an 11 mm caliber revolver cartridge * Webley (company), a company providing speech-driven unified communications solutions People * Donald Martin Webley (1916–1990), British microbiologist * Emily Webley-Smith (born 1984), English professional tennis player * Big George (1957–2011), or George Webley, British musician, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster * Jason Webley (born 1974), American musician * Paul Webley (1953–2016), British scholar of economic psychology * Peter Webley (born 1942), English cricketer * Tom Webley (born 1983), English cricketer * Webley Edwards (1902–1977), World War II news correspondent and Hawaiian radio personality * Webley John Hauxhurst (1809–1874), pioneer in Oregon Country Fictional * Webley Webster, a character created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams (revolver)
The Adams revolver, also known as the Deane-Adams revolver, is a Gunpowder, black powder, double-action, Percussion cap, percussion revolver. Introduced in 1851, it was the first revolver designed and produced in the United Kingdom. It was heavily used by British officers during the Crimean War (1853–1856) and the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It was the precursor of the more advanced Beaumont–Adams revolver, Beaumont-Adams revolver, designed in 1856. After 1867, the production of Breechloader, breechloading Adams revolvers began, and many existing Adams and Beaumont-Adams revolvers were converted to breechloaders, using .450 Boxer Centerfire ammunition, centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880, these revolvers (conversions and new breechloaders) were adopted as the official Sidearm (weapon), sidearms of the British Army during the Victorian Era, British Army and Royal Navy, Navy and were in use until the 1880s. Percussion revolvers Since the production of the Colt Paterson, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Adams (handgun Designer)
Robert Adams (1 December 1809 – 13 September 1870) was a 19th-century British gunsmith who patented the first successful semi-double-action revolver in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the American Civil War, and the Anglo-Zulu War. Career Deane and Adams Adams was the manager for the London arms manufacturers George & John Deane. On August 22, 1851, he was granted a British patent for a new revolver design. The .436 Deane and Adams was a five-shot percussion (cap-and-ball) revolver with a spurless hammer, and the first revolver with a solid frame. The revolver used a double-action only system in which the external hammer could not be cocked by thumbing it back, like most other pistols of the era, but instead cocked itself when the trigger was pulled. This made it possible to fire the gun much more rapidly than contemporary single-action revolvers, such as the Colt, which had to be cocked before each shot. Deane and Adams's revolve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
