Modern Breech-loaders: Sporting and Military

William Wellington Greener

Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1871 - Firearms - 256 pages

Contents

• THE ORIGINAL LEFAUCHEUX BREECHLOADER AND CARTRIDGE: 3
• DOUGALS LOCKFAST BREECHACTION: 9
• THE TOPLEVER SNAPACTION: 15
• TO BREECHLOADING BARRELS: 21
• INDICATORS FOR CENTRALFIRE GUNS: 27
• SELFACTING NEEDLES OR STRIKERS FOR CENTRALFIRE GUNS: 33
• SHOOTING OF BREECHLOADING SHOTGUNS: 39
• CONVERTING MUZZLELOADERS INTO BREECHLOADERS: 46
• CONVERTING MUZZLELOADING RIFLES INTO BREECHLOADERS: 47
• THE HORSLEY BREECHLOADER: 54
• THE FIELD GUN TRIAL: 61
• THE BORE AND LENGTH OF BARRELS BEST ADAPTED: 67
• GUNPOWDER: 76
• THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNPOWDER: 84
• TRIAL OF GUNCOTTON ÁGAINST GUNPOWDER: 92
• BREECHLOADING BALLGUNS: 98
• THE BEST KIND OF GROOVING FOR SPHERICALBALL RIFLES: 104
• THE LOADING OF CARTRIDGES FOR DOUBLE RIFLES: 111
• THE MARTINIGREENER SPORTING RIFLE: 117
• CARTRIDGES FOR EXPRESS RIFLES: 123
• DOUBLE RIFLE WITH SNAPACTIONS: 130
• The Explosive COMPOUND FOR SHELLS: 137
• THE Cost OF DIFFERENT BREECHLOADING GUNS RIFLES: 143
• THE ASCERTAINED RECOIL OF MILITARY RIFLES: 148
• THE CENTRALFIRE REVOLVER 450BORE: 151
• COLTS REVOLVER WITH MOVABLE CARBINESTOCK: 159
• THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SNIDER AND MARTINIHENRY: 163
• THE PRUSSIAN NEEDLEGUN: 165
• THE WILSON BREECH LOADING RIFLE: 185
• THE REMINGTON RIFLE: 191
• REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON BREECH LOADING: 199
• THE WESTLEYRICHARDS MILITARY BREECHLOADING RIFLE: 209
• THE SOPER BREECHLOADER: 215
• GREENERS PATENT PENCILCASE BAYONET: 221
• EXPERIMENTS TO ASCERTAIN THE FALL OF PROJECTILES WITH: 227
• RAPIDITY OF FIRE WITH BREECHLOADERS: 229
• CERTAINTY OF IGNITION WITH THE IMPROVED MARTINI: 235
• NOTES: 242

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modern Breech-loaders: Sporting and Military
• Author: William Wellington Greener
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1871
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Apr 23, 2008
• Length: 256 pages