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The 70-pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal, rifled-bore design.
The Whitworth rifle outperformed the Enfield at a rate of about three to one in the trials, which tested the accuracy and range of both weapons. Notably, the Whitworth rifle was able to hit the target at a range of 2,000 yards (1,800 m), whereas the Enfield was only able to hit the same target at a range of 1,400 yards (1,300 m). [4]
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In 1864 a comparative test of three types of 70-pounder guns took place. In this test, Armstrong advised against using a powder charge higher than 9 pounds with his breechloader. Meanwhile the other guns that were tested, the Armstrong muzzle loader, and the Whitworth muzzle loader, used 14 and 12 pounds of gunpowder to fire a shot weighing ...