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Examples of breechblock
breechblock
As the powder case cleared the top of the breechblock, the block would rise to seal the chamber.
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Mason moved the rear sight to the rear of the barrel as opposed to the hammer or the breechblock of the earlier efforts.
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The Hall rifles and carbines were loaded using a combustible paper cartridge inserted into the upward tilting breechblock.
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During counter-recoil, the breechblock was automatically lowered and the spent powder case was ejected from the chamber.
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- A metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
- A breechblock (or "breech block") is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a weapon (whether small arms or artillery) at the moment of firing.
- A movable piece of metal for closing the BREECH in certain FIREARMs or other guns.
- The mechanism at the rear of the artillery tube that allows the loading, and firing of the piece. The M114A1 breech is described as a step theaded, interupted screw type.
