| 单词 | smoothbore |
| 例句 | “My smoothbore will blast a hole or twelve in each of you while you’re still fiddling with the ramrod of your grandma’s blunderbuss there.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Rheinmetall AG, a German defense contractor that makes the 120mm smoothbore gun on the Leopard 2, says the tank has been deployed by “more nations than any other.” A look at Leopard 2 tanks that could soon be sent to Ukraine 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Rheinmetall AG, a German defense contractor that makes the 120mm smoothbore gun on the Leopard 2, says the tank has been deployed by “more nations that any other.” A look at Leopard 2 tanks that could soon be sent to Ukraine 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The tank weighs more than 60 tons, has a 120mm smoothbore gun and can hit targets at a distance of up to five km. Explainer: West mulls sending German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Under Russia’s strict gun ownership laws, applicants for a firearm license must pass psychological exams and own a smoothbore shotgun for a trial period before obtaining a rifle. Law Student Armed With Shotgun Kills at Least Six at a Russian University 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Applicants for a firearm’s license must pass psychological exams and own a smoothbore shotgun for a trial period before obtaining a rifle. Russia School Shooting Kills 7 Students and 2 Employees 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “They’re the largest smoothbore guns ever recovered from an archaeological site,” said Farrell, an archaeological conservator. The Monitor’s mammoth guns are being searched for Civil War artifacts — and the bones of a cat 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Civilians can own only hunting rifles and smoothbore firearms and must undergo significant background checks for those. Misfire: Maria Butina’s strange route from Russia to US jail 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Today we have weapons smaller than a smoothbore colonial rifle and more powerful than 13 inch cannon. Florida School Shooting: ‘No Words’ as 17 Die in a Barrage of Bullets 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z One of the cannons, known as a smoothbore Dahlgren, was forged in Pennsylvania. Archaeologists to pluck 3 Civil War cannons from river site 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z They used these skills and their rifle’s technology by laying behind rocks and trees and shooting the Red Coats dead long before the British got close enough to use their .75 caliber smoothbore muskets.” The American Longrifle Has A Censored But Very Patriotic Story To Tell 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Fire,” Allen shouted, and a rattling volley of muskets, rifles, and long smoothbores reawakened the echoes. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z We were also furnished with new guns, Springfield smoothbores. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts About 8 rifled guns and 19 smoothbores were dismounted or disabled and 4 and 1 temporarily put out of action respectively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" He took down from its pegs an awkward, smoothbore rifle and carefully examined the enormous percussion cap that was fitted over the nipple. The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War The ships were of 1,400 tons displacement, were armed with eighteen 50-pounder smoothbores, and protected by four inches of iron armor. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) One of them had a smoothbore, but no powder. A Virginia Scout At Charleston, April 7, 1863, the ironclads faced a cross-fire from several forts, 47 smoothbores and 17 rifles against 29 smoothbores and 4 rifles in the ships, and in waters full of obstructions and mines. A History of Sea Power As many as twenty-eight rifled guns and 140 smoothbores would have opened fire on the following day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" We were supplied with smoothbore, muzzle-loading, Springfield muskets, small leather boxes for percussion caps, and larger ones for cartridges. Reminiscences of a Rebel Stranger, this yere game is sure a tight wad for a smoothbore. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Our admiration for the smoothbore and its wholesale tactics was beyond expression. A Virginia Scout The American navy, however, depended chiefly on smoothbores throughout the Civil War. A History of Sea Power Two thirds of us will have to manage, until we can do better, with the smoothbore and even with the old flintlock. The Long Roll Neither was its relatively small and sometimes defective projectile as damaging to personnel as case or grape from a larger caliber smoothbore. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America By this time the youth had his hands on the smoothbore musket and his courage came back. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring That they must have heard the roar of the smoothbore and the whip-like crack of my Deckhard was not to be doubted. A Virginia Scout The Merrimac had an armament of 6 smoothbores and 4 rifles, two of the latter being pivot-guns at bow and stern, and a 1500-lb. cast-iron beak or ram. A History of Sea Power The outclassed smoothbores limbered up and drew sulkily away; Courtenay's Battery, including a rifled gun, arrived in dust and thunder to take their place. The Long Roll 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 He had also four small field guns of obsolete pattern, to which were added later on a home-made howitzer and an ancient man-of-war's smoothbore, which had left the foundry during the Napoleonic wars. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Even as he turned his smoothbore banged away and half a dozen buckshot rained through the branches over my head. A Virginia Scout But the bullet was of heavy type, fired from the old smoothbore musket and the shock had been severe. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain It took position on a rise of ground and began firing, but the guns were but smoothbore six-pounders and the ammunition was ghastly bad. The Long Roll But strangely enough, neither rifles nor smoothbores could destroy earthworks. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America It is worth noting that these lowland troops were for the most part armed with smoothbores, unlike the rifle-bearing mountaineers. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Wish he had smoothbores an’ a few pounds o’ shot!” A Virginia Scout Erect now, his finger on the trigger of the old smoothbore, he waited passive before the darkened doorway of the cabin, looking straight before him, God alone knows what thoughts whirling in his brain. Where the Trail Divides He adhered to his double-barrel; and if a buck had to be killed, he depended on his smoothbore to carry a heavy ball forty yards with fair accuracy. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The smoothbore Columbiads could penetrate only 13 inches, while from this range the ponderous mortars could hardly hit the fort. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Numbers were against them, and even superiority of weapons was not so overwhelmingly in their favor, for those were the days of short-range rifle-fire and smoothbore artillery, and one gun was considerably like another. Told in the East Again the smoothbore roared and a handful of balls scoured another thicket. A Virginia Scout But my weapons, save my light smoothbore, were unfit for African game. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Unfortunately, I possessed no heavy rifle, which is almost a necessity for hippo shooting, but it occurred to me to supply the deficiency by manufacturing a few cartridges for my smoothbore. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures So with smoothbores, long range was never of great importance. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America There is a great difference of opinion among sportsmen regarding the grooves of a rifle; some prefer the two-groove and belted ball; others give preference to the eight or twelve-groove and smoothbore. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon At the opening of this civil conflict most of the mat�riel for both armies was of the same type—smoothbore. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The heavier rifles were converted smoothbores, firing 48-, 64-, and 84-pound James projectiles that drove into the fort wall from 19 to 26 inches at each fair shot. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The carcass was standard ammunition until smoothbores went out of use. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America All nations, of course, had large stocks of smoothbores on hand, and various methods were devised to make rifles out of them. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Whoever makes use of this argument must certainly be in the habit of very random shooting with a smoothbore. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon But before the gunner depressed a smoothbore below zero elevation, he had to put either a wad or a grommet over the ball to keep it from rolling out. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America In any event, this projectile was one of the most effective ever used in the smoothbore against earthworks, buildings, and for general bombardment. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Unless the grooves he tolerably deep, they will not hold the ball when a heavy charge is behind it; it quits the grooves, strips its belt, and flies out as though fired from a smoothbore. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon But the rifle had to be served more carefully than the smoothbore. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America How can he possibly get a correct aim with "ball" out of a smoothbore, without squinting along the barrel and taking the muzzle-sight accurately? Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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