muzzle-loader
noun
a firearm receiving its ammunition through the muzzle
muzzle-loading
-
a word derived from
muzzle-loader.
Example Sentences
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You have to be particular about muzzle-loading a flintlock and making sure the flint is in place.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
The Pentagon is getting in the black powder business but not to arm a battalion of troops with muzzle-loading rifles.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Breech-loaders were incredibly accurate and quick to reload compared to earlier muzzle-loading firearms.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
This was the muzzle-loading Springfield Model 1861, which could shoot two or three rounds a minute—slower than the smoothbore muskets of the Revolutionary War, but with longer range and greater accuracy.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2019
Booth chose as his primary weapon a .44 caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading pistol manufactured by Henry Deringer of Philadelphia.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
