Original British Victorian Era Muzzle Loading 7lb Bronze and Iron Rifled Cannon Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles One complete turn drops the

One complete turn drops the screw low enough to drop a round ball into the exposed breech followed by a slight overcharge of powder which was then sheared to the proper charge by the screw as it closed the breech

the knuckle bow bearing his name inscribed:

It is probably the most recognized submachine gun from that war

The Springfield Model 1869 was one of several model "Trapdoor Springfields"

Digging In was absolutely mandatory if you wanted to stay alive and these short entrenching tools ] also doubled as weapons in trench fighting being wielded like a battle axe

Original British Victorian Era Muzzle Loading 7lb Bronze and Iron Rifled Cannon Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles One complete turn drops theOriginal Item: This is one of the cannons IMA recovered from Nepal in 2003. Strictly speaking, this is a 7lb Rifled Muzzle Loading Mountain Gun, which dates from the 1860 70s. The front of the barrel is comprised of rifled iron while the rear sleeve, including the trunnions, is bronze. The bronze sleeve is very well marked with a large crown over V. R. Cipher, a Broad Arrow atop the numeral 74. Across the rear appears "CXCVIII" (198) which we