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Antique Arms, Inc. - Rare 1st Pattern Brunswick Rifle from the 1st 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps (1302 words) |
 | The Brunswick was rather difficult to load and while this rifle has its historical critics, its range of accuracy was 3-400 yards was quite an advancement for an 1830's era military rifle. |
| This rare and historic 1st pattern Brunswick was once carried in the hands of the elite riflemen belonging to the 1st Battalion of the legendary 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps aka the KRRC. |
| This Rifle was the 21st Rifle in the 1st Battalions Inventory and it 1839 date is the earliest we've encounterd for Brunswicks...even for the 1st Pattern. |
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Rifle - LoveToKnow 1911 (10930 words) |
| Gas-operated rifles, like the Hotchkiss and Colt machine guns, have fixed barrels and are worked by a portion of the powder-gases which is allowed to escape from the barrel through a small hole near the muzzle, thence entering a cylinder and working a piston in connexion with the breech mechanism. |
| In both rifles, on the left side of the stock, is a long-distance sight (graduated to 2800 yds.), which consists of an aperture sight near the bolt and a dial and movable pointer near the hand-guard. |
| Rifles of r2-bore gauge, firing a spherical ball, were subsequently made, with broad and shallow grooves making one turn in ro ft. The bullet, of the same diameter as the bore, was loaded with a thin patch that took the grooving. |
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