A needle gun (or needle rifle for varieties with rifling) is a firearm that has a needle-like firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base.

The Dreyse needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber. It was used as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians in the Wars of German Unification.

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2017年9月15日 · A European invention, the needle gun got a lot of use (and publicity) during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The name comes from the firing pin, long and slender like a needle. It pierced clear through the paper-encased cartridge to strike the primer.

2023年10月21日 · German firearm inventor and maker, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787-1867), patented his revolutionary bolt-action in 1836. He submitted it to the Prussian military who after testing it...

2019年1月18日 · The Dreyse needle-gun was, indeed, a revolution in rifle-making. It was the first ever bolt-action, breech-loading rifle. This new system allowed a much higher rate of fire, marking the beginning of a new era in rifle design and influencing similar weapons.

The Dreyse Needle Gun is a single-shot, bolt-action, breechloading rifle. It is unlike the percussion rifles from the same era. It uses a needle-like firing pin to pierce a paper cartridge and strike the percussion cap used to ignite the charge. The paper cartridge uses a .36-caliber acorn bullet.

A needlegun, also known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire , …

2006年5月1日 · A needle gun is an European creation that got a lot of publicity during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 when the guns were widely used. The name comes from the firing pin, which is very long and slender, like a needle.

2010年10月25日 · The Dreyse needle-gun was a military breechloading rifle, famous as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians, who adopted it for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1841.

2017年6月2日 · In 1841, the Prussian Army (Prussia, 1525 - 1947) adopted a new long gun known as the Dreyse "Needle Gun". The weapon was a breech-loading rifle utilizing a manually-actuated bolt lever and firing an acorn-shaped bullet (of lead) contained in a paper cartridge.

A needle gun is a firearm that has a needle-like firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base. A needle gun with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls is also called needle rifle.

The story of the Mauser rifles and of all military bolt action rifles begins with the development of the Dreyse Needle Gun, the famous Zündnadelgewehr. The inventor of this first successful bolt action gun was Johann Nikolaus Dreyse, born in 1798 at Sommerda, near Erfurth, Germany.

2013年4月12日 · Introduced by the Prussian Army in the mid-19th century, the Dreyse Needle Gun was a revolutionary breach-loading rifle which proved decisive in its victory over the Austrians in 1866.

1998年7月19日 · Dreyse rifle, rifle named for its inventor, Nikolaus von Dreyse. It had a long, sharp firing pin designed to pierce the charge of propelling powder and strike the detonating material (usually mercury fulminate) located at the base of the bullet. The Dreyse rifle, invented between 1827 and 1829, was adopted by the Russian Army in 1848.

2021年11月19日 · The Needle Gun name comes from the firing pin, long and slender like a needle. It pierced clear through the paper-encased cartridge to strike the primer. They really became well known for their use in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.

2010年10月24日 · A long slender firing pin inspired the nickname “needle gun” for a custom, sporterized Springfield trapdoor rifle that was a popular single shot on the buffalo ranges. Owning one of these today may make a straight shooter out of you too.

A needle gun (or needle rifle for varieties with rifling) is a firearm that has a needle-like firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base.

First cartridge breechloader in German military service, also known as a zundnadelgewehr or needle gun. The needle-fire Dreyse was a repeater that utilized a very thin firing pin to strike a primer inside a paper cartridge.

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