Videos tagged with Mid-19th Century Rifle

This video explores the historical Callister and Terry carbine, an early British bolt-action breach-loader developed in the mid-19th century. It highlights its innovative greased felt wad system for sealing the breach and clearing fouling, its use during the American Civil War by figures like Jeb Stuart, and its limitations with the advent of metallic cartridges. The carbine is presented as a significant, albeit ultimately superseded, development in firearm technology.