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The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié for muzzle-loaded, rifled muskets. Invented in 1846 shortly followed by the Minié rifle , the Minié ball came to prominence during the Crimean War , [ 1 ] and the American Civil War where it was found to inflict significantly more serious ...
Claude-Etienne Minié (13 February 1804 – 14 December 1879) was a French military instructor and inventor famous for solving the problem of designing a reliable muzzle-loading rifle by inventing the Minié ball in 1846, and the Minié rifle in 1849. He succeeded the pioneering work of Henri-Gustave Delvigne and Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin.
Minié or Minie may refer to: Claude-Étienne Minié (1804-1879), French Army officer and weapons designer Minié rifle, designed by Claude-Étienne Minié; Minié ball, a rifle bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié; Minie Brinkhoff (born 1952), retired Dutch cyclist
A version was adopted in 1849 following the invention of the Minié ball in 1847 by the French Army captain Claude-Étienne Minié of the Chasseurs d'Orléans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne. The bullet was designed to allow rapid muzzle loading of rifles and was an innovation that brought about the widespread use of the rifle as the main ...
Paper cartridge, musket ball undersized to reduce the effects of powder fouling: Calibre.69 (17.526 mm) [1] Action: Flintlock/percussion lock (conversion) Rate of fire: User dependent; usually 2 to 3 rounds every one minute: Effective firing range: Around 47 yards: Feed system: Muzzle-loaded: Sights: A front sight cast into the upper barrel band
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