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... Pyrotechnics by Jack Kelly, Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-03718-6 . A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder by J.R. Partington ISBN 0801859549 Guns and Rifles of the World by Howard Blackmore ISBN 0670357804 The Chemistry of Powder & Explosives by Tenney L. Davis, ISBN-0913022-00-4 External links Ulrich Bretscher's Blackpowder page Cannons: That diabolical instrument of war
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...gunpowder usually called a "cartridge" wadding , soft material like cloth or paper the projectile , which may range from a solid lead ball to jacketed sabots . The gunpowder used is typically blackpowder or blackpowder substitutes like Pyrodex . Since the items are generally tight-fitting, and the barrel long, a tool called a "ramrod" is used to push the items down. Muzzle-loaders must...
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.303 cartridge The .303 British (7.7 x 56 mm R) is a rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant . It was the standard British and Commonwealth cartridge from 1889 until the 1950s, when it was replaced by the 7.62 x 51 mm NATO round, and...
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...noise. A number of lever action rifles are also chambered in .38 Special. The .38 Special ammunition is widely known for subduing halibut on deep-sea fishing trips. Performance Due to its blackpowder heritage, the .38 Special is a low pressure cartridge, one of the lowest in common use today. By modern standards the .38 Special fires a modest sized bullet at extremely low speeds. The...
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...and skilled civilian labor being available. Medieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons on the 14th century battlefield. Fortifications in the age of blackpowder evolved into much lower structures with greater use of ditches and earth ramparts that would absorb and disperse the energy of cannon fire. Walls exposed to direct cannon fire were very...
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...bomb . Their arsenal also included weapons that could be produced cheaply without consuming materials that were needed to produce armaments for the regular units - such as the Northover Projector (a blackpowder powered mortar, the No 76 Special Incendiary Grenade - a glass bottle filled with highly inflammable material, and the "Smith Gun" - a small artillery gun that could be towed by a private...
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...year. Since 1997, handguns have been completely banned for private ownership following legislation passed shortly after the Dunblane massacre in 1996 (exceptions to the ban include muzzle-loading "Blackpowder" guns, pistols of antique and historical interest, starting pistols and shot pistols for pest control), despite the fact that the official enquiry into the subject (the Cullen Report) did not...
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Dueling pistols are pistols of identical appearance, reliability and accuracy that were used in a classical duel . They were often blackpowder single shot pistols. The use of pistols in duels became popular in Britain and America during the mid- eighteenth century . Initially holster or travelling pistols where mainly used, but by the end of the century special purpose dueling pistols were...
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The Walker Colt is the largest and most powerful blackpowder handgun ever made. It was created as a collaboration between Samuel Hamilton Walker and Samuel Colt . Walker, who was a Texas Ranger at the time, wanted a gun that was extremely powerful at close range, and that is precisely what he got. The Walker Colt holds a powder charge of 60 grains (3.9 g) in each chamber, more than twice what...
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...to avoid having three different rifle calibres in service, the Enfield-Martinis were withdrawn and converted to 0.45 calibre and renamed Martini-Henry A" and "B" pattern rifles. Some 0.303 calibre blackpowder carbine versions were also produced, known as the Martini-Metford, and even 0.303 calibre cordite carbines, called Martini-Enfields (as opposed to Enfield-Martinis). During the Martini...
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