Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 307
by the spiral spring through a small hole in the breech and advances right through the cartridge to the fulminate at the back of the sabot to which the bullet is attached. The charge is thus lighted in front, preventing any of the grains of powder being driven out at the muzzle unexploded. The… … Of these the copper rim fire cartridge is by far the most simple and most easy to make waterproof. Its parts are when loaded with a solid bullet only five in number, viz : — The 1. copper case. powder. 2. bullet. 3. 5 J lubrication. 4. » fulminate. 5. JS * A full description of this rifle will be…
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