10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOOTHBORE»
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smoothbore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
smoothbore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The complete
smoothbore hunter
Discusses the wide array of hunting opportunities, styles, and methods involving the shotgun, provides an historical overview of the smoothbore in America, reviews today's hunting shotguns, and recounts the author's own hunting experiences
2
The
Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death ...
The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy gleams with Krick's usual superior research skilled writing, and sound analysis and sheds new light on one of the most popular Civil War subjects.
3
The Complete Blackpowder Handbook
Targets for the Seneca Run with smoothbore musket are not miniscule, but they
represent a practical size from real life shooting. When the hunter said, "We will
be in meat with my smoothbore," he was right — if he knew how to load for ...
4
Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War
TABLE 1.3 Federal Field Artillery Pieces, 1861 Identical pieces, except rifled with
6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 grooves Identical pieces, except reamed 3.8 inches before rifling
with 15 grooves of right-hand twist Bronze smoothbore gun, with 1861 ...
James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, M. Hume Parks, 2004
5
Civil War Firearms: Their Historical Background and Tactical Use
Interestingly, combination loads of buckshot and round balls and the smoothbore
muskets which fired them, were, by all official standards, obsolete before the
outbreak of the war. In the centuries prior to 1861, however, smoothbored
weapons ...
6
Civil War Heavy Explosive Ordnance: A Guide to Large ...
Although the South captured a number of heavy smoothbore cannon, they
realized that most of the major U.S. forts in the South were armed with
inadequate numbers of mostly obsolete cannon, and that many additional
defensive fortifications ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
Infantry tactics at that time were based on the use of the smoothbore musket, a
weapon of limited range and accuracy. Firing lines that were much more than a
hundred yards apart could not inflict very much damage on each other, and so ...
9
The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
A survey of the major types of Civil War artillery weapons shows that there were
11 types of bronze smoothbore mortars (from 2.25- to 16-caliber), 10 iron
smoothbore mortars (5.52- to 16-caliber), 12 bronze smoothbore howitzers (3.67-
to ...
10
The Civil War For Dummies
The vast majority of weapons on hand were antiquated flintlock smoothbore
muskets, castoffs from Federal stocks delivered to militia units before the war.
These types of weapons had been in existence since the early eighteenth
century.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOOTHBORE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
smoothbore is used in the context of the following news items.
Throwback Thursday: The Guns of Manassas, 1861
The Model 1855s, in .58 cal., included a rifle-musket with a barrel length similar to that of the older smoothbore musket and a shorter, heavier-barreled rifle. «American Rifleman, Jul 15»
Riflemen at Waterloo
While the French did not see value in rifle-armed infantry, preferring the rapidity of firepower presented by smoothbore muskets, the British most assuredly did, ... «American Rifleman, Jun 15»
PLA's Type 99 ranked world's third most powerful tank
Germany's Leopard 2 was considered the best tank on the list, with its 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun and two 7.62 mm MG3A1 machine guns. «WantChinaTimes, May 15»
The Missing Hose Adaptor
100' of 2” off each side to smoothbore nozzle with 1 1/8” tip. 1 line flowing-265 GPM=110 PSI; 2 lines flowing 530 GPM (2 -1 1/8” tip@266 GPM)=135 PSI. «FireEngineering.com, Apr 15»
Putin's New 'Wunderwaffe': The World's Deadliest Tank?
The tank's main armament is the 2A82 125-mm smoothbore cannon, capable of firing high-powered munitions,including armor-piercing discarding sabot, guided ... «The Diplomat, Apr 15»
Mikuni HSR42 Carburetor for American V-Twins
This huge 48mm smoothbore carburetor offers the highest air flow possible while providing highly accurate fuel metering, more power, and Mikuni's renowned ... «Cycleworld, Jan 15»
SOARES: Hunting with primitive firearms is a blast
Despite these advancements in ballistic technology, there is a small but growing band of disciples of the antiquated black powder smoothbore rifles used by this ... «Fall River Herald News, Dec 14»
Concept turret packs a punch (ES14E3)
As an alternative to the 105mm rifled tank gun, a 120mm smoothbore gun can be fitted, which in addition to firing conventional natures of ammunition can also ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 14»
3 Best Light Smoothbore Shotguns for Grouse
Introduced in 1948, Franchi's AL 48 is the latest of the Browning-designed long-recoil guns, and is ideal for the grouse hunter who prefers a semi-automatic. «Outdoor Life Magazine, Oct 13»
TFT Introduces Revolutionary FlipTip Nozzle
FlipTip Integrated Shutoff with One Smoothbore and G-Force Combination Nozzle (with the G-Force nozzle offering 18 model choices of fixed, selectable, ... «Firehouse.com, May 13»
