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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => In Her Majesty's Name => Topic started by: Metternich on November 15, 2014, 12:05:43 AM
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Pardon me if this has already been addressed, but in IHMN the Military Rifle is defined as lever or bolt action rifle with a magazine (which would include the Lee-Metford, Mauser, Winchester rifle vice the carbine, etc.) and fires every turn. In contrast the Muzzle Loader- which of course, loads from the muzzle - fires every other turn (the Jezail is listed as the example, but I suppose it would include 1860's era percussion weapons using paper cartridge and Minie balls such as the Springfield riflemusket, the Enfield, Lorenz, etc. Would it include flintlocks?). But what about the singleshot Breechloader? These were the major armaments of the colonial powers during most of the later 19th century, as represented by the Martini-Henry (which equipped English troops from 1871 until replaced by the Lee-Metford in 1889, and the Indian Army till 1900); the Snider Enfield (the old Enfield converted into a breechloader, which equipped the British and Indian Armies unitl replaced by the Martini-Henry); the Springfield breechloader (many National Guard units were still using this in Cuba during the Spanish American War), the Remington rollingblock (perhaps the most widely used military rifle of the later 19th century); and the early paper cartridge breechloaders like the French Chassepot and Prussian Dryse needle rifle.
The Breechloader is much, much faster than the Muzzle Loader, and generally fires at least as far. And the Nock Gun has SEVEN barrels, and yet can be loaded in one turn (albeit utilizing all phases of the turn)??
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I've always counted them as military rifles.
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A breechloader counts as a military rifle for the purposes of the game.
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Thank you Craig - that certainly squares with the pictures of Sgt. Borrage toting a Martini-Henry.
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New question - why can the Nock Gun, with its seven barrels, be loaded in a single turn (all phases being utilized) while the Blunderbus (one barrel) can't be reloaded during the game?