"right"@en . "190"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "350"^^ . . . . "1100627737"^^ . . . . . . "Right image: Rifling of Lepage carbine."@en . . . . . . . . "5340615"^^ . . "Rifling of Lepage carbine circa 1800.jpg"@en . . . . . . "Right image: Hexagonal rifling of Le P\u00E9tulant ."@en . "69"^^ . "Left image: The La Hitte system was based around a shell equipped with lugs which allowed it to follow the rifle grooves inside the cannon bore."@en . "A muzzle-loading rifle is a muzzle-loaded small arm or artillery piece that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore. The term \"rifled muzzle loader\" typically is used to describe a type of artillery piece, although it is technically accurate for small arms as well. A shoulder arm is typically just called a \"rifle\", as almost all small arms were rifled by the time breechloading became prevalent. Muzzle and breechloading artillery served together for several decades, making a clear distinction more important. In the case of artillery, the abbreviation \"RML\" is often prefixed to the guns designation; a Rifled breech loader would be \"RBL\", or often just \"BL\", since smoothbore breechloading artillery is almost nonexistent (except in tank guns). A muzzle loading weapon is loaded through the muzzle, or front of the barrel (or \"tube\" in artillery terms). This is the opposite of a breech-loading weapon or rifled breechloader (RBL), which is loaded from the breech-end of the barrel. The rifling grooves cut on the inside of the barrel cause the projectile to spin rapidly in flight, giving it greater stability and hence range and accuracy than smoothbore guns. Hand held rifles were well-developed by the 1740s. A popularly recognizable form of the \"muzzleloader\" is the Kentucky Rifle, which was actually developed in Pennsylvania. The American Longrifle evolved from the German \"J\u00E4ger\" rifle."@en . "Shell La Hitte.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . "Shell Japan.jpg"@en . . . . "200"^^ . . . . . . "Muzzle-loading rifle"@en . . "Left image: Jean Lepage silex carbine said \"du Premier Consul\", circa 1800."@en . "244"^^ . . . . . . . . "Right image: Shell used in Japan during the Boshin War."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "A muzzle-loading rifle is a muzzle-loaded small arm or artillery piece that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore. The term \"rifled muzzle loader\" typically is used to describe a type of artillery piece, although it is technically accurate for small arms as well. A shoulder arm is typically just called a \"rifle\", as almost all small arms were rifled by the time breechloading became prevalent. Muzzle and breechloading artillery served together for several decades, making a clear distinction more important. In the case of artillery, the abbreviation \"RML\" is often prefixed to the guns designation; a Rifled breech loader would be \"RBL\", or often just \"BL\", since smoothbore breechloading artillery is almost nonexistent (except in tank guns). A muzzle loading weapon is loaded through the"@en . "horizontal"@en . . . . . . . . . "Hexagonal rifling of Le Petulant.jpg"@en . . "150"^^ . . . . "Left image: The La Hitte muzzle-loading rifle system was introduced in 1858. Rifled mountain cannon \"Canon de montagne de 4 mod\u00E8le 1859 Le P\u00E9tulant\". Caliber: 86 mm. Length: 0.82 m. Weight: 101 kg . Ammunition: 4 kg shell."@en . . . . . "11649"^^ . . "Lepage silex gun dite du Premier Consul circa 1800.jpg"@en . . . "left"@en . . "left/right/center"@en . . . . "Canon de montagne de 4 modele 1859 Le Petulant.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . .