Belton Repeating Flintlock: A Semiautomatic Rifle in 1785
Published : 01-07-2024 - Duration : 00:17:28 - Like : 17,098 - Dislike : 0
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All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices: weaponsandwar.tv In 1785, Joseph Belton (an American inventor) and William Jover (an English gunmaker) sold 560 repeating flintlock rifles to the British East India Company. The guns were a very remarkable design which used a detachable magazine tube of 7 rounds stacked in series with a seven sequential touch holes. When the first round was fired, the flintlock ignited a piece of "portfire" slow match that would burn for abo
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