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23M1819 Hall rifle — The M1819 Hall rifle was a single shot breech loading rifle designed by Captain John H. Hall, patented on May 21, 1811, and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1819. It used a falling breech design and was made with either flint lock or percussion cap… …
24Sciotoville, Ohio — Sciotoville, now incorporated as part of the city of Portsmouth, was founded in 1835 and platted in 1841 by William Brown.cite news|title=Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007 2008|publisher= The Community Common |page=7|date=2007 07 29|accessdate …
25Wogdon & Barton — s. The name Wogdon became synonymous with duelling, to the extent that duels in England were sometimes referred to as a Wogdon affair . Wogdon Barton made the pistols used in the infamous Burr Hamilton duel, which were later found to have… …
26Paper cartridge — refers to one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper cylinder or cone containing the bullet, gunpowder, and, in some cases, a primer or a lubricating and… …
27flintlock — /flint lok /, n. 1. an outmoded gunlock in which a piece of flint striking against steel produces sparks that ignite the priming. 2. a firearm with such a lock. [1675 85; FLINT + LOCK1] * * * Ignition system for firearms developed in the early… …
281632 writers — This is a list of writers who have contributed to the books in print published in the 1632 series ( Ring of Fire series ) thus far. Most are contributors to the two anthologies series canonically associated with the collaboratively written shared …
29Internal ballistics — Internal ballistics, a subfield of ballistics, is the study of a projectile s behavior from the time its propellant s igniter is initiated until it exits the gun barrel. The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of… …
30Snaplock — A Snaplock is a particular type of mechanism for firing a gun (also, a gun fired by such a mechanism).A snaplock ignites the (usually muzzleloading) weapon s propellent by means of sparks produced when a spring powered cock strikes a flint down… …
