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This 50-pounder gun had a caliber of 194 mm, but with a length of bore of 3,094 mm and a weight of 4,710 kg, it was much smaller. [7] The 50-pounder gun might explain the 194 mm caliber of the Canon de 19 C modèle 1864. When the model 1864 guns were introduced, the 19 cm gun was said to also be able to fire a round bullet of 25 kg. [1]
A breechloader [1] [2] is a firearm in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech end of the barrel (i.e., from the rearward, open end of the gun's barrel), as opposed to a muzzleloader, in which the user loads the ammunition from the end of the barrel.
One of these guns was a breechloader. [3] During the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, both the Unionist smoothbore 280 mm Dahlgren guns and the Confederate 7 inch Brooke rifles proved unable to effectively deal with armored opponents. The first designs of almost all the French modèle 1864 guns date from October and December 1864. [4]
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The Model 1865 quickly became obsolete, and most of them were sold in the 1870s to several American arms dealers. At the time, there was a large demand in the US for shorter cadet-style rifles. To satisfy this need, these dealers cut the barrels and stocks to make short rifles with 33" and 36" barrel lengths.
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The Merrill rifle was produced from 1862 to 1865 with a total quantity estimated at over 800. The rifle was a .54 caliber, single -shot, percussion, breechloader with an action identical to the Merrill Carbine, but with a 33-inch barrel, two barrel bands, and a lug for attaching a bayonet. It also had a brass patch box similar to the First Type ...
The Model 1863 could be converted to breech-loading for about five dollars, at a time when a new rifle would cost about twenty dollars. The conversion of Model 1863 rifles therefore represented a significant cost savings to the U.S. military. The US Military adopted various models like the Springfield Model 1866.