What's the name of those rifles that you load the bullet with a long metal rod?

Question

Mel Gibson used them in the movie The Patriot. The bullet was loaded into the rifle with a metal rod through the barrel.

Answer 1

A firearm loaded at the muzzle (end of the barrel) is a "muzzle loader". The rod is used to pack the propellant and projectile into the breech at the back end of the barrel. There are muzzle-loading pistols, rifles, and muskets.

A musket has a smooth bore, while a rifled barrel has small lans and grooves in a circular pattern inside the barrel that cut into the projectile and make it spin. This stabilizes the projectile and makes it more accurate - hence rifles, only apply to firearms with rifling.

The muzzle-loaders used by the Continental Army and militia in the Revolution (as portrayed in the Patriot) are flint-lock rifles and muskets. The Continental regulars with issued rifles, and militia-men fortunate enough to capture British "Brown-bess" rifles had the better arms - most of the militia had their personal hunting arms of all calibers and types.

The flint-lock term comes from the ignition source - the hammer on the side of the breech of the gun, with the flint stone. Once the gun was loaded, the breech was charged (primed) with powder, and the hammer ****** - upon pulling the trigger, the hammer falls, striking the flint against the metal, and igniting the priming powder, which ignites the main charge, discharging the projectile out the barrel.

The previous answer stating percussion caps were used in the Revolution is incorrect - those came out much later.

Answer 2

Muzzle Loader

Answer 3

Old school ? DO you mean a muzzle-loader? Like in the revolutionary war . The ones you need to put the bullet in the end of the barrel> If so they are made in flintlock & percussion . hope this helps!

Answer 4

Muzzle loaders.

Also commonly called "Black Powder Rifles," because that's the propellant they were originally loaded with. Nowadays, many muzzle loader shooters use Pyrodex, which is a smokeless substitute for black powder.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Muzzle loader. But don't ya pack it with powder? Or is it a bullet?

Answer 7

Muskets or muzzle-loaders, they are both single shot long rifles.

Answer 8

They're still around and quite popular for target shooting, competition and hunting. They're called "muzzle loaders". Other names for them are "smokepoles" and "thunder sticks".

Answer 9

muzzle load rifle or flint lock rifle ?

Answer 10

i think the term your looking for is musket muzzleloaders is a generic term and flintlock is the firing method