. The railroad and engineering journal . Fiff. JO. character best known. In it the grooves at the muzzle aredouble, the half on the right, or driving side, being com-paratively shallow, an incline leading from the deep to theshallow part. The projectile was provided with copperstuds which, when it passed down the bore from the muz-zle, followed the deeper half. When, however, the pro-jectile was driven out, the studs following up the inclinewere forced into the shallower half, compressed and theprojectile accurately centered, as indicated in fig. 8A. With muzzle-loading rifles the method almos
. The railroad and engineering journal . Fiff. JO. character best known. In it the grooves at the muzzle aredouble, the half on the right, or driving side, being com-paratively shallow, an incline leading from the deep to theshallow part. The projectile was provided with copperstuds which, when it passed down the bore from the muz-zle, followed the deeper half. When, however, the pro-jectile was driven out, the studs following up the inclinewere forced into the shallower half, compressed and theprojectile accurately centered, as indicated in fig. 8A. With muzzle-loading rifles the method almost universallyemployed is to provide the shot with a cup or band of soft
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