Flobert guns
Flobert arms (flobert rifles, flobert guns, Floberttesching , room box, Zimmerstutzen ) are by Louis Nicolas Auguste flobert , the inventors of the flobert designated unit cartridge (1845/46) named, mostly smooth-bore firearms , where the drive of the projectile from a priming compound stored in the bottom of the cartridge case .
functionality
The cock forms the closure. The edge of the cartridge is squeezed by the hammer and the igniter ignites. The rooster also has a nose that hits the edge. The projectile consists either of a small shot charge with the small diameter of the pellets, a round ball or a small long bullet.
commitment
Flobert rifles represent the forerunners of today's competition weapons. They were used as training and training weapons and in shooting salons, the forerunners of the shooting galleries. The military or hunting significance did not lie in the direct use of these Flobert rifles, but in the practice of shooting in a smaller budget. All rimfire cartridges that are popular today and are used at international competitions were created from the Flobert rim cartridges. The room socket used for competition also comes from the Flobert rifles.
For the legal possession of Flobert rifles in Germany you need a gun ownership card , as they correspond to the definition of a live firearm. In Austria they are freely available from the age of 18.
safety
Since the hammer also forms the breech block, historical Flobert rifles should no longer be fired, as an age-related weak mainspring or the use of modern cartridges can lead to facial and eye injuries for the shooter. In addition, older Flobert rifles can kill animals, as well as people, or seriously injure them.
literature
- Jan van Gelderen: Louis Nicolas Auguste Flobert vertelt . In: Wapenfeiten March 2010, 1, ZDB -ID 1258681-x , online: Part 1 (PDF; 1.59 MB) , Part 2 (PDF; 2.71 MB) ; (The contributions by Gelderen are based on a text by Flobert: Original text (PDF; 2.91 MB) ).
- Jeff Kinard: Pistols. An Illustrated History of Their Impact . ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara CA 2003, ISBN 1-85109-470-9 , ( Weapons and warfare series ), p. 111, book preview .
Web links
- Flobert pistols, historical catalog, online University of Cologne (PDF file; 1.42 MB)