Rifled muzzle loader
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A rifled muzzle loader is a type of artillery piece invented in the mid-19th century. In contrast to smooth bore cannon which preceded it, the rifling of the gun barrel allowed much greater range, acc
A rifled muzzle loader in the forecastle of HMS Gannet (1878)
100-ton gun
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The 100-ton gun was a British coastal defense gun and is the world's largest black powder cannon. It is a 17.72-inch rifled muzzle-loading gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division
Rifled muzzle loader
…Ragon de Bange increased ranges by reducing gas leakage from around the breech block. The largest rifled muzzle-loader carried on a warship was the 17.7-inch, 100-ton Elswick of the 1870s, four of which were installed in each of the Italian battleships Duilio and Enrico Dandolo (launched in 1872). The Royal Navy at the time…
"Rockbuster" at Napier of Magdala Battery, Gibraltar
Unchambered 17-inch gun
Chambered 17.72-inch gun
S.S. Europa comes to collect the first gun