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Are all Muzzle loaders early firearms that are loaded from the open end?
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Yes- but they are still made today.
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Is semi automatic guns used in the early 1800s?
No. During that time period, muzzle loaders were the order of the day.
Is a mussle loader a fire arm?
Muzzle loaders were very early forms of mainly rifle style, but also pistols. Technically a modern mortar is a muzzle loader.
What is a blunderbuss?
That's an early muzzle-loaded, flared muzzle (or the entire bore) shotgun. See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information:
What is the cartridge on a gun?
It is an assembly consisting of the cartridge case, gunpowder, a primer and a projectile (bullet). It is one complete round of ammunition. Early muzzle loading firearms did not use them.
What are the guns of the 1800s?
The main guns were bolt action rifles and pistol wise revolvers pretty basic stuff both of which weren't always reliable. MistroJoe <><><> For the early part of the 1800s, firearms were muzzle loading rifles, shotguns, and pistols. The percussion cap was still replacing the flintlock, and the revolver had not yet been invented. By the late 1800s, cartridge firearms had replaced muzzle loaders, and rifles might be bolt action, pump, lever action, or semi auto (Mexico had a semi auto military rifle in the 1890s). Handguns were usually revolvers or derringers, but some early auto loading pistols were on the market. The double barreled shotgun was still king, but was starting to be replaced by pump or lever action shotguns.
Why were rifle guns not considered the best for the military?
In the early days of muzzle loading firearms, rifled guns took longer to reload than smoothbore guns, and could fire only a few shots before they HAD to be cleaned.
What weapons did a private carry in the civil war?
a variety of weapons were used on both sides. These weapons include edged weapons such as knives and swords, firearms such as handguns, rifled-muskets, breech loaders and repeating weapons, various field guns such as artillery, and new weapons such as the early grenade and machine gun.
Is gun powder and black powder the same?
Answeryes, a muzzle loader and black powder are just two different names for the same thing.Black powder is a term that also includes a category of guns that fire black powder cartridges. So these guns were breech loaders and do not load from the muzzle. Also the early black powder revolvers were loaded by ramming the charge into the cylinders---not the muzzle. These could also be referred to as black powder pistols and not muzzle loaders.I just call them "smoke poles" myself.Also, the early Colt pistols fired black powder and a ball. These are called "black powder pistols" or "cap and ball pistols". If I was referring to shooting a Colt, I would say I shoot a black powder gun; I would not refer to it as a muzzle-loader.
Firearms for nonviolent prisons get out early?
Your question is incomprehensible.
Who manufactured electric city firearms?
Electric City firearms were manufactured by Crescent Firearms Co. of Norwich Conn. Crescent was purchased by Savage in the early 1930's.
Why is black powder preferred instead of smokeless powder?
early firearms were not made with STRONG metal like todays modern firearms
When did Cresent Firearms Co Cease?
Early to mid 1900's
