His principal business was making muzzle-loading rifles.
Brown's own things on display include a telescope, muzzle-loading rifle and saddle.
The general was a firm believer in the virtues of standard muzzle-loading rifles.
They are different, of course, from muzzle-loading rifles.
Its effective range was very short compared to that of the muzzle-loading rifles of the day, and conspicuously so as against the Chassepot.
The invention of the Minié ball solved both major problems of muzzle-loading rifles.
The latter were .58 caliber, 505-grain, made for muzzle-loading rifles, rather like what the original mountain men had carried west back in the 1820s.
Over them hung a long muzzle-loading rifle, powder horn, and bullet pouch.
The Voortrekkers fought with muzzle-loading rifles and made use of two small cannons.
The Hall rifle offered a significant increase in rate of fire over muzzle-loading rifles and muskets.