Topic summary
Breech-loading weapon
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Breechloader.
External links
- Dodge, William Castle (1864). Breech-loaders Versus Muzzle-loaders Or How to Strengthen Our Army and Crush the Rebellion with a Saving of Life and Treasure. Washington, D.C.: E.A. Stevens 2023.
- "History of the Rifled Cannon: Discovery of the Breech-Loading Gun and Conical Projectiles". The New York Times. 12 July 1861 2009.
{{}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service () - "Notes on the History of the Breech-Loading Gun". Scientific American. 70 (22): cover, 343. 2 June 1894. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican06021894-343.
- Firearms from the collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on breech-loading weapons