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The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Joseph Belton some time prior to 1777. The musket design was offered by Belton to the newly formed Continental Congress in 1777.
The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Joseph Belton of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania some time prior to 1777. The musket design was offered by Belton to the newly formed Continental Congress in 1777. Belton wrote that the musket could fire eight rounds with one loading. Girardoni air rifle (1779)
A flintlock repeater, signed Michal Dorttlo 1683, uses many elements of the Kalthoff system. The breech is a vertically rotating cylinder, and the trigger guard can be rotated laterally to reload the weapon. However, it lacks the powder carrier found on Kalthoff guns, and instead houses both powder and ball in the butt.
Belton flintlock, a system using a fused set of superposed loads for rapid fire; Metal Storm Limited, a modern, electronically controlled superposed load system; Walch Revolvers, Civil War era 12-shot .36" caliber and .30" caliber 10-shot cap-and-ball revolvers employing superimposed loads and sequentially triggered double hammers.
Belton flintlock (1777) Girandoni air rifle (1779) Break Action Flintlock (18th century) Boxlock action (1782) 1789 French rifle: In 1791 it was mentioned in a book published in France that there existed since at least 1789 a rifle that held 5 or 6 shots and was capable of being reloaded three times in a minute for a total of 15 or 18 shots a ...
Belton flintlock; The Jennings Magazine Rifle; Meigs Sliding Guard Action Repeater; Roper repeater; The Orvill Robinson Model 2 rifle: Orvill Robinson, a New York-based firearms designer, developed two rifles. His first, patented in 1870 and commonly referred to by collectors as the "Model 1" though it has no official designation, was a ...
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Flintlock/percussion lock (conversion) Rate of fire: User dependent; usually 2 to 3 rounds a minute: Muzzle velocity: Variable 420 m/s (1,400 ft/s) Effective firing range: Variable (50–100 yards) Feed system: Muzzle-loaded: Sights: A front sight cast into the upper barrel band