Breech loading Pistol Knives

[RichardB]

Anyone come across Breech loading pistol knives ?? They sound fun :rolleyes:

[Guest codeyes]

Some intersting ones here:

http://www.discountcutlery.net/en-us/dept_23605.html

[RichardB]

Some intersting ones here:

http://www.discountcutlery.net/en-us/dept_23605.html

I somehow doubt they qualify on 2 accounts :

1) made in China

2) unlikely to be from 1871

he he

[Guest bangtidy]

A breech-loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun etc.) in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading.

Modern mass production firearms are breech-loading (though mortars are generally all muzzle-loaded). Early firearms were almost entirely muzzle-loading. The main advantage of breech-loading is a reduction in reloading time; it is much quicker to load the projectile and charge into the breech than to force them down a long tube, especially when the tube has spiral ridges from rifling. In field artillery, breech loading allows the crew to reload the muzzle without exposing themselves to enemy fire, and it allows turrets and emplacements to be smaller. Although breech-loading weapons were developed as far back as the late 14th century in Burgundy, the 1400's in Spain and Portugal, and the 1500's in England and China, breech-loading became more successful with improvements in precision engineering and machining in the 19th century.

PISTOL KNIVES

http://www.sanjuanenterprise.com/

http://www.horstheld.com/0-blades.htm

They look nasty!

[Guest tsavo]

Anyone come across Breech loading pistol knives ?? They sound fun

Had you been around in 1862, you could have bought one in Sheffield, Richard.