Gallager (other)
Gallager may refer to: *Gallager carbine, rifle used in the American Civil War People with the surname *Robert G. Gallager, information theorist See also *Gallagher (other) *Gallaher (other) Gallaher may refer to: *Gallaher (surname) *Gallaher Group, a British-based multinational tobacco company See also * Dave Gallaher Trophy * Gallacher * Gallager (other) *Gallagher (other) Gallagher may refer to: Places United ... * Gallacher {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Gallager Carbine
The Gallager carbine is an American black powder breechloading rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ... produced in the American Civil War. The weapon was designed by Mahlon J. Gallager, who licensed the design to Richardson and Overman of Philadelphia for production. On 31 August 1861 the first weapons were sold to the United States Army, Army. The Gallager was loaded from the rear with brass cartridge case, cases, which contained the projectile and the propellant. Covered by a disc made of greased felt, the projectile was inserted in the barrel after it was tilted up by a lever, followed by the case, and (like the concurrent muzzle-loading, muzzleloaders, such as the Springfield Model 1861, Springfield) were ignited by percussion cap, which was placed on the bol ...
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