| 单词 | muzzle-loading |
| 例句 | Breech-loaders were incredibly accurate and quick to reload compared to earlier muzzle-loading firearms. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “Single-shot, muzzle-loading firearms remained the standard weapon up to and including the Civil War.” Supreme Court Won’t Block Illinois Laws on High-Powered Rifles 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The Pentagon is getting in the black powder business but not to arm a battalion of troops with muzzle-loading rifles. Pentagon invests in last surviving U.S. black powder factory 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Hundreds of re-enactors clad in blue and gray would descend from across the state, bringing cast-iron skillets and muzzle-loading rifles, ready to warm breakfast over campfires. A Civil War reenactment in Florida ends after 40 years 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Archers and muzzle-loading rifle hunters were then allowed to participate until the hunt ended Saturday night. New Jersey’s weeklong bear hunt ends with 265 bruins killed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Archers and muzzle-loading rifle hunters were allowed starting Thursday. Dozens of black bears killed so far in New Jersey hunt 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z And, he added that muzzle-loading rifle season should not happen in the middle of the rut. Future of elk in southwest Colorado in jeopardy 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The first three days were reserved for bow hunting, while both hunting with bows and muzzle-loading guns will be allowed during the last three days. Dozens of black bears killed so far in New Jersey hunt 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The first three days were reserved for bow hunting, while both hunting with bows and muzzle-loading guns will be allowed during the last three days. Dozens of black bears killed so far in New Jersey hunt 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The deer season for hunters using muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns opens Oct. Deer season opens for bow hunters in Georgia 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z It is open to people willing to use primitive weapons including muzzle-loading flintlock rifles or recurve bows. West Virginia’s whitetail hunting season extended to 2019 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z In 2013, Wolfe met with a game warden after the officer got a report of Wolfe allegedly using a muzzle-loading firearm to shoot a large buck, even though it wasn’t buck season. People can lose right to carry gun, but get hunting license 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z The hunt’s first three days are reserved for bow hunting, while both hunting with bows and muzzle-loading guns will be allowed during the last three days. Dozens of black bears killed so far in New Jersey hunt 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z This has lead me to believe that the right to bear muzzle-loading flintlock muskets should not be infringed. Opinion | Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Some wore uniforms, were armed with swords, spears and muzzle-loading guns. Why Pakistan and India remain in denial 70 years on from partition 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The firearms-only hunt began Monday and includes 562 bears that were killed by hunters using bows and arrows and muzzle-loading guns in October. Torricelli denounces New Jersey bear hunt as ‘unforgiveable’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z In the old days, men hunted murres in rowboats with muzzle-loading shotguns, sending their dogs into the frigid water to fetch the fallen prey. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Hunters were allowed to use only bows and arrows to during the first three days, and muzzle-loading guns were added during the second half. Bipedal bear’s apparent death motivates bear hunt opponents 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Anti-hunt activists said they were certain that Pedals was one of the 562 bears shot by bows and muzzle-loading guns in the six-day hunt, the first of its kind in more than 40 years. Pedals the bear, known for walking on hind legs, apparently killed by hunters 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The first three days were reserved for bow hunting, while hunting with bows and muzzle-loading guns are allowed for the final three days. State: 487 bear killed so far in New Jersey’s extended hunt 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Figures show 64 bears were killed on Thursday, the fourth day of the hunt and the first in which muzzle-loading guns were permitted. 432 killed in New Jersey’s extended bear hunt 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But hunting with bows and muzzle-loading guns are allowed starting Thursday for the final three days. 33 more bears killed in extended hunt, total up to 368 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Wildlife officials say three days will be reserved for bow hunting and the other three will allow hunting with bows and arrows and with muzzle-loading guns. State, activists still arguing over bear hunting issues 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Police say Stephens pointed a muzzle-loading rifle at officers who were entering the home, and state Trooper Matthew Cannon and DEA Agent Tim Hoffmann fired 13 shots from their rifles. DEA agents says heroin found after fatal Vermont drug raid 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Figures show 55 bears were killed on Friday, the fifth day of the hunt and the second in which muzzle-loading guns were permitted. State: 487 bear killed so far in New Jersey’s extended hunt 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Their intent was to protect patriots' rights to possess single shot muzzle-loading flintlocks. End the Gun Epidemic in America 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Three days will be reserved for bow hunting and the other three will allow hunting with bows and arrows and with muzzle-loading guns. State environmental agency passes plan to expand bear hunt 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Larsen got involved with mountain man rendezvous after starting a railroad job in North Platte in 1978 and meeting a co-worker who practiced muzzle-loading. Nebraska mountain man says he’s retiring 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Through the Napoleonic Wars, naval vessels were powered by wind, were made of wood, and fired muzzle-loading smooth-bore cannons maneuvered on carriages. The invention of the military-industrial complex 2014-01-26T14:30:00Z Through the centuries, whether combatants have fought with spears, bows and arrows, muzzle-loading rifles, naval cannons, long-range bombers, nuclear weapons or cutting-edge drones, one aspect of warfare has never changed: innocents die. 45 Years Later, Remembering My Lai 2013-03-16T11:30:00Z It certainly appears to me that a soldier’s rifle should combine breech- and muzzle-loading, and that he should only use the former method when specially ordered by his commanding officer. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z It was apparent that the suspicious arrangement which Crouch had noticed on the deck of the "Marigold" was one of those old-fashioned high-angle muzzle-loading guns which go by the name of mortars. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z It is still used in the Natural Philosophy Department for the same experiment, and is a muzzle-loading rifle of large calibre, which throws an ounce bullet. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z We have no heavy ordnance, and our field pieces are obsolete muzzle-loading monstrosities. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z As to the absolute amount of shrinkage given when building up our guns, let us take the 121⁄2-inch muzzle-loading gun of 38 tons as an example. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Their dialect, too, was quaint, and some of them carried muzzle-loading squirrel-guns of a pattern long obsolete, save in the antiquated life of "over yon." The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z "It is a common way to unload a muzzle-loading rifle," Zimmerly said. Amish girl's killing likely an accident, Ohio sheriff says 2011-12-20T19:46:24Z There hung a battered set of boxing-gloves, and on the hooks above them a little brown rifle, muzzle-loading, of course. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z He has his musket of 1812 and his muzzle-loading gun of 1864, but in the background are those huge cannon of European foes and above them is the gaunt, grim figure of a helmeted Death. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z From daybreak to sundown," continued the squatter, "we defended ourselves with a Winchester, a double-barrelled shot-gun, and an old muzzle-loading rifle. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z They were fortunate in living in the era of the breech-loader which is so much safer than the old muzzle-loading gun. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I had a muzzle-loading gun burst in my hands some time since: the breech-piece split, and the nipple, hammer, and part of the barrel there blew out. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z He lay down flat on his breast, and holding in both hands an old-fashioned muzzle-loading pistol, attempted to shoot the cow from above, but his old arm would not go off. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z The wooden walls of the navies disappeared as a defence after the conflict between the Monitor and the Merrimac, and muzzle-loading muskets became things of the past. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z In the days of the old muzzle-loading rifle it was hazardous indeed to hunt the grizzly, and many a man has paid the penalty of his folly with his life. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Jonas the blacksmith, a clever fellow in his way, drilled out a broken nipple in the bird-keeper’s muzzle-loading gun, working the drill with a bow. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z There were the shots of modern rifles, of revolvers, and the duller boom of old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z They are firing muzzle-loading rifles, several men being in the act of ramming home charges. Hermann Stieffel, Soldier Artist of the West 2011-05-10T02:01:00.297Z The latest improvements in cannon indicate that the old smooth-bore muzzle-loader guns are to be entirely superseded by breech-loaders, just as in small arms the muzzle-loading musket has given way to the breech-loading rifle. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Moral: no man has the right to hunt grizzly bear with a muzzle-loading rifle and muzzle-tight at that. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z He went to his wagon, and drew out a muzzle-loading pistol from under the seat. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Steam has taken the place of sail; the old muzzle-loading guns have been superseded by huge weapons, the largest of which can hurl nearly a ton of metal for twelve miles with deadly aim. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z They barter a worthless muzzle-loading gun and a handful of powder and ball for a hundredfold its worth in pelts. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The snag is that whereas France, in naval terms, would bring the latest in modern weaponry on to the pitch all England could provide would be muzzle-loading cannon and grappling hooks. France rub it in just like Hungary ? will one-eyed England ever learn? 2010-11-19T16:32:00Z To do this and come within reasonable distance of Na-ta-way's small bore, muzzle-loading rifle was sure and speedy death to the unfortunate beast or bird. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. But while there was no doubt as to the shooting capacities of these guns, defects in the breech mechanism soon became equally patent, and in a few years caused a reversion to muzzle-loading. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" I had nothing but a muzzle-loading gun, monsieur. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Those were the days of muzzle-loading cartridges, which had to be torn open with the teeth when loading. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude I fished for pike at Castle Dargan and shot at birds with a muzzle-loading pistol until somebody shot a rabbit and I heard it squeal. Reveries over Childhood and Youth As a muzzle-loading implement its value after the first discharge would be insignificant; but the soldiers lounging by assured the Englishman that it had done good service in its time. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The muzzle-loading rifle, employed by special troops since about 1800, came into general use in the armies of Europe about 1854-1860. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The guns consisted mostly of obsolete and useless muzzle-loading cannon, divided among the States at the close of the Civil War. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. He had an old and rusty, single-barreled muzzle-loading gun, and he was carrying a dead sea-gull by the tip of one of its wings. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North A mounting of this description for muzzle-loading guns, designed by Colonel Moncrieff, was actually in use in the defences of Alexandria and in H.M.S. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" It also showed something glittering on the nipple of the long, muzzle-loading rifle that hung over the father’s bed. Our Southern Highlanders The next moment the heavy muzzle-loading gun roared and the buckshot sped on its mission. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga A few carried muskets, long, rusty, muzzle-loading weapons that threw a slug of marble size. The Missourian At least this is always true with a muzzle-loading rifle. Dwellers in the Hills At first muzzle-loaders figured largely in the British defences, even though these were planned on modern ideas; and even in 1906 muzzle-loading guns still existed and were counted as part of the defences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Down a green, rough wood-road, leading from the Settlement to one of the wild meadows by the river, came a young man in homespun carrying a long, old-fashioned, muzzle-loading duck-gun. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories It is to be regretted that the armament is almost entirely composed of muzzle-loading rifled guns. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' My old muzzle-loading rifle that we had carried across the Plains lay handy. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail In the hollow of his left arm each carried a long, muzzle-loading trade gun, and Mookoomahn, the younger of the two, also carried at his back a bow and a quiver of arrows. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Two of them had ancient muzzle-loading guns but the others only carried staves. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' When he returned with the gun––an old, muzzle-loading duck-gun, with a huge 152 bore––she accepted it with careless ease and held it as if it were a broom. The Backwoodsmen They had a mighty, muzzle-loading, flintlock gun; and they were so delighted with the noise it made that they had exhausted their scanty provision of powder and lead long before the seals were in sight. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Squirrels, partridges and occasional turkeys offered frequent marks for the long muzzle-loading rifles, while a thousand little song birds flitted constantly through the leaves. The Black Buccaneer They carried muzzle-loading rifles, bows and arrows hung from the bushes and lances leaned against the trees. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain They used to have to bite off the paper ends of them for muzzle-loading guns. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm He announced his approach by a salute from a muzzle-loading musket. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The Boers had encountered them before, at the battle of the Blood River, and armed only with muzzle-loading 'roers,' or elephant guns, despite their desperate valour, had worsted them, with fearful slaughter. The True Story Book Three parties, of three men in each party, were selected, and armed with the old muzzle-loading muskets and ball ammunition. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 Round we whirled once more, to find standing beside us a man, a tall, bony, bearded man, about fifty years old, carrying in his hand a long, old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifle. The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Old muzzle-loading rifles of European make, striking either flints or percussion caps, are also in occasional use as shot-guns, in preference to native weapons. Life and sport in China Second Edition Their pistols were not so good as mine—they were double-barreled, muzzle-loading derringers, with only two shots. The Grain Ship In muzzle-loading, is the implement used in charging a piece, to drive home the powder and shot. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Though its flintlock and single muzzle-loading barrel would have made a sorry show in the presence of our improved modern weapons, yet it was capable of splendid execution. Footprints in the Forest The young farmer was armed with an old, muzzle-loading, single-barrelled duck-gun. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The garrison, moreover, was lacking in artillery, having only some muzzle-loading guns with a very limited range. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Of course I am talking of the old muzzle-loading shot-gun, which I dare say the boys never use nowadays. Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells This old fort, with its long, obsolete, muzzle-loading thirty-two pounders, was associated with Bert's earliest recollection. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia Breech-loading, which had been used centuries earlier, came in again with these first rifles, but after 1865 the British navy went back to muzzle-loading and stuck to it persistently for the next 15 years. A History of Sea Power I brought with me a short Snider carbine—the best and handiest weapon to stop a wild pig at a short range—and a double-barrelled muzzle-loading shot-gun. "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 We were supplied with smoothbore, muzzle-loading, Springfield muskets, small leather boxes for percussion caps, and larger ones for cartridges. Reminiscences of a Rebel He brought with him several fishing-lines, an old muzzle-loading gun, some cooking utensils, and a small bundle of provisions. Messenger No. 48 Their guns were mostly Kentucky rifles of the muzzle-loading style. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite These monster muzzle-loading guns were loaded from outside the turret, by means of hydraulic machinery. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Few of the hostiles, as yet, had other than old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifles, and few that they owned were effective over six hundred yards. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War When the Robert Burns whistled and paused, floating idly, and he had clambered in, he proved to be a very tall, gaunt, black-whiskered individual, with a long, muzzle-loading squirrel rifle on his arm. Gold Seekers of '49 A large majority of men prefer the breech-loading arm, but there are those who still adhere tenaciously to the old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifle as preferable to any of the modern inventions. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions In a cupboard in the inner room was a single-barreled, muzzle-loading fowling piece made at Liege, in Belgium, many years before. From Place to Place Several rifles were hunted up—Winchesters and two muzzle-loading Sharps .50s. Kid Wolf of Texas I send for the chief, and offer him as my ransom a cask containing fifty bottles of rum, ten muzzle-loading guns, and two complete uniforms of an English general. French and Oriental Love in a Harem One hundred of the picked men had the muzzle-loading guns, and an ample supply of ammunition was stored in the wagons, and each gun bearer had twenty-five rounds. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages My own experience has forced me to the conclusion that the breech-loading arm possesses great advantages over the muzzle-loading, for the reason that it can be charged and fired with much greater rapidity. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Of the garrisoned forts, fifteen had no armaments, and the armaments of all the others were the old muzzle-loading types of low power. Forty-Six Years in the Army Once in a while they put up a fight, but the best they have is a few crossbows and some muzzle-loading muskets. Space Viking Then cautiously aiming his long muzzle-loading rifle in the direction, he fired a shot and seemed satisfied that the intruder was driven away or destroyed. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The strangeness of the discovery was intensified by the knowledge that percussion caps and muzzle-loading weapons had become antiquated with the advent of the breech-loader. The Hand in the Dark With Rodman's gun, the muzzle-loading smoothbore was at the apex of its development. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America This horn was made by myself in 1925, for use with my various muzzle-loading arms. A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" I understand that it was a double-barreled, muzzle-loading shotgun. The Calico Cat Their guns, where they had any, were of the old muzzle-loading type, with outside hammers to fire the caps. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The pursuer was armed with a muzzle-loading trade musket. The Outcasts In Britain, after breechloaders had been in use almost a decade, the ordnance men went back to muzzle-loading rifles; faulty breech mechanisms caused too many accidents. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America He was armed with a sword carried in the folds of his red cincture, in which was also concealed an old muzzle-loading pistol, formidable to look at but unloaded. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The muzzle-loading rifle—and it was the pioneer's gun—with its long barrel and its fine sights, gave confidence to the American soldier who carried it, for he trusted the weapon in his hands. Sergeant York And His People Half-awake, and that half all excitement, the old man rushed out into the snow with his muzzle-loading flintlock and let drive. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure He could not load his old muzzle-loading piece to save his life, but he knew single stick. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Rotating bands for muzzle-loading cannon were expansion rings, and the powder blast expanded the ring into the rifling grooves. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America A rattle of musketry tore through the evening air—a muzzle-loading cannon spoke grouchily; then all was still. Dan Merrithew There aren't 500 guns in the whole Western country and half of them are old muzzle-loading shot guns. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel For years he had coveted a new muzzle-loading gun, and he felt that the time had now arrived to get it. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Three years afterward he invented a needle-gun, retaining the muzzle-loading method. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World This was also in the days of the muzzle-loading rifle. Bears I Have Met—and Others He possessed only a single-barrelled muzzle-loading gun of no great efficiency. The Silent Places Experience at Plevna showed that four or five times as many men were needed to attack redoubts and trenches as in the days of muzzle-loading muskets. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Two old muzzle-loading nine-pounder guns, their teams of powerful bullocks lying contentedly behind on the grass, formed the right of the line. The Elephant God Hitherto the old plan of muzzle-loading had been followed by all the nations of Europe and America. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World It was a big muzzle-loading musket, with a bore as big as an eight-gauge shotgun, and Taylor loaded it with a double handful of powder, thirty buckshot and a wagon bolt six inches long. Bears I Have Met—and Others Some began frantically to recharge their muzzle-loading trade-guns; others dashed toward the spot as rapidly as paddle or moccasin could bring them. The Silent Places It was a ray of light filtering through the pine boughs and glinting on the trigger of an old-fashioned muzzle-loading shot-gun, which leaned against a corner of the hut. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Variations in the rifling and—where muzzle-loading is abandoned—in the appliances of the chamber will continue to be made, as they have heretofore been made without number numberless. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Each drew his ramrod from the pipes and attached the cleaning worm with its twist of tow, kept handy in belt pouch in muzzle-loading days. The Covered Wagon The reader will understand that in those days we used the muzzle-loading gun, and we had to mould all of our bullets. Chief of Scouts Trading an old muzzle-loading shotgun to an Indian chief for the future site of a great city could not have seemed more of a bargain in the days of our forefathers. Casey Ryan Snider, Jacob, American mechanical genius; invented a method of converting muzzle-loading rifles into breech-loading; died unrewarded in 1866. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In his right hand he carried an old muzzle-loading shotgun. Composition-Rhetoric The rifle was of the old-fashioned, muzzle-loading kind, and Aunt Cynthia gave what help she could to her nephew, as he began reloading it. Brave Tom The Battle That Won Ammunition there was none, for the artillery had been supplied with old muzzle-loading pistol and other cartridges broken up for the last weeks of the siege. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II When bows and arrows, and, later, muzzle-loading "fukes" were the only weapons, no more buffalo were killed than could actually be utilized. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People He despised the modern breech-loading rifle, and insisted on shooting an old-fashioned, muzzle-loading, single-barrel rifle, made by a fellow townsman, Henry Slaughterbach. Out of Doors—California and Oregon He picked up a minute piece of the burned wadding of the muzzle-loading rifle. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods When he had lead the man far enough so that he was sure the other fellows had plenty of start, Harry tossed aside the gun, which was an old muzzle-loading, single-barreled affair. Frank Merriwell at Yale Neiman describes a severe gunshot wound of the frontal region, in which the iron breech-block of an old-fashioned muzzle-loading gun was driven into the substance of the brain, requiring great force for its extraction. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine He was out shooting in the park at Ellingham when a boy of fourteen or fifteen; he was using an old muzzle-loading gun; it burst, and he lost his second finger—the right hand. The Middle of Things In a cache we found two muzzle-loading guns, cooking utensils, steel traps, and other camping and hunting paraphernalia. The Long Labrador Trail The Prussian armies were stronger than their opponents by more than one-fourth and they were armed with the needle-gun against the Austrian muzzle-loading rifle. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places There is yet one more point in which breech-loading has recently been found, in the Royal Gun Factory, to possess a great advantage over muzzle-loading as regards ballistic effect. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 One carried an antedeluvian, muzzle-loading musket, another an ancient bayonet red with rust, and the third swung threateningly what I took to be a stiff piece of telegraph wire. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond The Mir mounts a few primitive, muzzle-loading cannon, and the citadel is garrisoned by a thousand men, chiefly Afghans, deserters from Cábul, Kandahár, and other parts of the Ameer's dominions. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán A feature of this outfit was an old muzzle-loading rifle. Kazan We went through the war with a muzzle-loading musket, the utmost that any commander could do being to secure repeating rifles for two or three infantry regiments in a whole army. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 The muzzle-loading thirty eight ton guns were fired in a casemate at Shoeburyness repeatedly in less than twenty minutes for ten rounds, with careful aiming. Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 The thirty-seven cruisers, all but four of which were of wood; the fourteen single-turreted monitors built during the war; the muzzle-loading guns, belonged to a past age. A Brief History of the United States That was in the days of the weak, small-bore, muzzle-loading rifles, black powder and slow firing. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations He wore fringed gray buckskin, and carried a long, heavy, muzzle-loading rifle. The U. P. Trail While Mark was showing them just where the boy lay when he first saw him, Jan picked up an old muzzle-loading shot-gun and a pair of much-worn boots, that had heretofore escaped their notice. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida Fortunately they only had old-fashioned, muzzle-loading muskets, and, as their aim was none of the best, there was comparatively little danger. Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship The rain now descended steadily, and I feared that the old muzzle-loading muskets would miss fire. Ismailia We had not realized that the modern battle-ship had become such a complicated piece of mechanism that the old methods of training in marksmanship were as obsolete as the old muzzle-loading broadside guns themselves. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography We may see hanging on the wall the long muzzle-loading rifle of an earlier day. The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West We had not realized that the modern battleship had become such a complicated piece of mechanism that the old methods of training in marksmanship were as obsolete as the old muzzle-loading broadside guns themselves. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times It was only an old muzzle-loading flint-lock after all, but Niels thought it a great prize, and went about shooting at everything he could see. The Crimson Fairy Book Had we depended upon muzzle-loading muskets, the party would have been quickly destroyed; the sharp fire of the sniders at close quarters must have caused immense loss at the first onset. Ismailia Upon the turf were pyramids of cannon-balls and, laid out in rows as though awaiting burial, old-time muzzle-loading guns. The Lost Road But I should decidedly provide myself with four double-barrelled muzzle-loading No. 10's as my regular battery; that, if first class, would never get out of order. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs One was a musket Jean's father had used in the war of the rebellion and the other was a long, heavy, muzzle-loading flintlock Kentucky, rifle with which Jean had learned to shoot. To the Last Man Over the window was slung an old-fashioned muzzle-loading musket. The Foolish Virgin The sound of the old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns could be heard, and clouds of smoke arose. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures |
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