” Also, it produced three times the energy of black powder and burned at a more controllable rate. Such characteristics made possible a shift to longer and smaller-diameter projectiles. Bore diameters were again reduced, this time tocalibresof about .30 inch, or 7.5 to 8 mm. Muzzle ...
Bayonet, short, sharp-edged, sometimes pointed weapon, designed for attachment to the muzzle of a firearm and developed, according to tradition, in Bayonne, Fr., early in the 17th century. The Maréchal de Puységur described the earliest bayonets as hav
Also, it produced three times the energy of black powder and burned at a more controllable rate. Such characteristics made possible a shift to longer and smaller-diameter projectiles. Bore diameters were again reduced, this time to calibres of about .30 inch, or 7.5 to 8 mm. Muzzle ...