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false breech

lock stock and barrellock stock and barrel Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in Ask the Experts
what was the false breech used for in older black powder target riles??
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  • talontalon Member Posts: 150 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    to start the bullet. Helped protect the muzzel during this process.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is a loose piece of barrel that has dowel pins to perfectly align the bore of the false muzzle to the bore of the rifle. The rifling has been relieved and the bore funneled, in order to compress a patched ball and start it into the rifling without tearing the patch or beating up the ball. It also allows loading a conical bullet to be started straight into the barrel without tipping.
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  • rhmc24rhmc24 Member Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you really mean false BREECH? Replies above are for false muzzle.
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