breech-loader
Britishnoun
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Early on 1st January 1915, the two-man army packed into the ice-chest a Snider-Enfield, which Gool had bought for £5, and a Martini-Henry breech-loader with a long steel barrel.
From Newsweek
"This is a breech-loader, auntie," says Monica, softly.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
The next great inventions in small arms were the readoption and improvement of the breech-loader, the making of metallic cartridges, the magazine gun, smokeless powder and other explosives, to which further reference will be made.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
Let us examine one of the guns, a breech-loader, and see what improvements have been made which may conduce to rapidity of fire.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
He then replaced the musket in its sealskin cover as carefully as if it had been a $300 breech-loader.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
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