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4. On the Bursting of Firearms when the Muzzle is closed by Snow, Earth, Grease, &c

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

George Forbes
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It is well known that if an ordinary fowling-piece, charged with shot or ball, have touched the ground or snow, so as to close the muzzle of the gun, or if the muzzle of the gun be in any way artificially closed with grease or other substances, the fowling-piece is certain to burst at the muzzle when it is discharged. This would not be the case if, instead of firing a shot, a piston were driven up the tube by hand.

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Proceedings 1878–79
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 10 , 1880 , pp. 254 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1880

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