Pillar breech rifles - The missing link?
Denmark
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24m
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You know round ball, you know patched round ball, you might know squashed round ball and of course you know the minié(ball), but do you know the Tamisier bullet and the pillar breech rifle? You will by the end of this vid!
A dive into a short 4-5 year period when pillar breech rifles were the best of the best in terms of fast loading accurate muzzleloading rifles.
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