REPLY1850
Zündnadel Guns
By HENRY WILKINSON.
JARLTZBERG "would like to know when and by whom they were invented, and their mechanism." To describe mechanism without diagrams is both tedious and difficult; but I shall be happy to show JARLTZBRG one of them in my possession, if he will favour me with a call,—for which purpose I inclose my address, to be had at your office. The principle is, to load at the breach, and the cartridge contains the priming, which is ignited by the action of a pin striking against it. It is one of the worst of many methods of loading at the breach; and the same principle was patented in England by A.A. Moser, a…
Topics: Zündnadel Guns, Ordnance, Rifle Mechanics