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Minié ball, the Glossary

Index Minié ball

The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle, for muzzle-loading rifled muskets.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 49 relations: Accuracy and precision, American Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Caliber, Cannelure, Cap gun, Claude-Étienne Minié, Cone, Crimean War, Cylindro-conoidal bullet, Deflagration, Effective range, External ballistics, Firearm maintenance, Fouling, French Army, Grain (unit), Grease (lubricant), Gun barrel, Gunpowder, Harpers Ferry Armory, Henri-Gustave Delvigne, Hollow-base bullet, Internal ballistics, James H. Burton, James M. McPherson, Jubal Early, Long gun, Mallet, Mass, Minié rifle, Muzzle velocity, Muzzleloader, Nessler ball, Obturation, Paper cartridge, Pattern 1853 Enfield, Percussion cap, Projectile, Ramrod, Rifle, Rifled musket, Rifling, Round shot, Sliding (motion), Smoothbore, Springfield Model 1861, Tubes and primers for ammunition, Washington, D.C..

  2. Bullets
  3. Causes of amputation

Accuracy and precision

Accuracy and precision are two measures of observational error.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a 1988 book on the American Civil War, written by James M. McPherson.

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Caliber

In guns, particularly firearms, but not artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matches that specification.

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Cannelure

A cannelure is a groove or channel around ammunition, either bullets or cartridge cases. The cannelure may be pressed into or cast with the bullet or case.

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Cap gun

A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussion cap is ignited.

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Claude-Étienne Minié

Claude-Etienne Minié (13 February 1804 – 14 December 1879) was a French military instructor and inventor famous for solving the problem of designing a reliable muzzle-loading rifle by inventing the Minié ball in 1846, and the Minié rifle in 1849.

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Cone

A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.

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Cylindro-conoidal bullet

The cylindro-conoidal bullet is a type of muzzleloading firearm projectile with a convexly cone-like front end ("nose") and a cylindrical rear body, invented by Captain John Norton of the British 34th Regiment in 1832.

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Deflagration

Deflagration (Lat: de + flagrare, 'to burn down') is subsonic combustion in which a pre-mixed flame propagates through an explosive or a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.

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Effective range

Effective range is a term with several definitions depending upon context.

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External ballistics

External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.

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Firearm maintenance

Firearm maintenance (or gun care for short) is a series of routine preventive maintenance procedures aiming to ensure the proper function of a firearm, often with the use of a variety of specialized tools and chemical solutions.

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Fouling

Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces.

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French Army

The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (Armée de terre), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie.

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Grain (unit)

A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly.

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Grease (lubricant)

Grease is a solid or semisolid lubricant formed as a dispersion of thickening agents in a liquid lubricant.

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Gun barrel

A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Harpers Ferry Armory

The Harpers Ferry Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, was the second federal armory created by the United States government; the first was the Springfield Armory.

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Henri-Gustave Delvigne

Henri-Gustave Delvigne (April 10, 1800 in Hamburg – October 18, 1876 in Toulon) was a French soldier and inventor.

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Hollow-base bullet

A hollow-base bullet is a firearm bullet with a pit or hollow in its base which expands upon being fired, forcing the base to engage with the barrel grooves and obturating the bore more as the bullet travels through the barrel. Minié ball and hollow-base bullet are bullets.

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Internal ballistics

Internal ballistics (also interior ballistics), a subfield of ballistics, is the study of the propulsion of a projectile.

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James H. Burton

James H. Burton (August 17, 1823 – October 18, 1894) was born in Shenandoah Spring, Virginia.

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James M. McPherson

James Munro McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War.

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Jubal Early

Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

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Long gun

A long gun is a category of firearms with long barrels.

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Mallet

A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.

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Mass

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.

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Minié rifle

The Minié rifle was an important infantry rifle of the mid-19th century.

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Muzzle velocity

Muzzle velocity is the speed of a projectile (bullet, pellet, slug, ball/shots or shell) with respect to the muzzle at the moment it leaves the end of a gun's barrel (i.e. the muzzle).

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Muzzleloader

A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel).

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Nessler ball

The Nessler ball, or balle Nessler, is a type of muzzle-loading musket bullet. Minié ball and Nessler ball are bullets.

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Obturation

Obturation is the necessary barrel blockage or fit in a firearm or airgun created by a deformed soft projectile.

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Paper cartridge

A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge.

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Pattern 1853 Enfield

The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a.577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.

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Percussion cap

The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition.

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Projectile

A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance.

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Ramrod

A ramrod (or scouring stick) is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloading firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly blackpowder).

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Rifle

A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.

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Rifled musket

A rifled musket, rifle musket, or rifle-musket is a type of firearm made in the mid-19th century.

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Rifling

Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.

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Round shot

A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun.

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Sliding (motion)

Sliding is a type of motion between two surfaces in contact.

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Smoothbore

A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.

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Springfield Model 1861

The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Minié ball and Springfield Model 1861 are American Civil War weapons.

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Tubes and primers for ammunition

Tubes and primers are used to ignite the propellant in projectile weapons.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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See also

Bullets

Causes of amputation

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minié_ball

Also known as Mini ball, Minie balls, Minie bullet, Minnie ball.