{"id":10590,"date":"2018-07-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/08\/dreyse-m60-needle-rifle-updated\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:03:52","slug":"dreyse-m60-needle-rifle-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/08\/dreyse-m60-needle-rifle-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreyse M60 Needle Rifle (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JXz_NcrJc-4?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This video has been updated from its original form to remove a reference to an erroneous claim that it did not effectively obturate, and was thus fired from the hip. For a great video showing live fire of the Dreyse, check out CapAndBall: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5xH1YELizY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5xH1YELizY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally published May 27, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Dreyse needle rifle (or zundnadelgewehr, which translates to needle firing rifle) was a major step forward in military rifle technology, although it did not remain at the forefront for very long (much like the Spencer repeating rifle in that regard). It used a paper cartridge with an integrated percussion cap primer, allowing the shooter to carry fully self-contained ammunition. It was a breech-loading bolt action, and the combination of these features gave it a much higher rate of fire than the muzzleloading rifles it replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N Oracle #36270<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85704<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video has been updated from its original form to remove a reference to an erroneous claim that it did not effectively obturate, and was thus fired from the hip. For a great video showing live fire of the Dreyse, check out CapAndBall: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5xH1YELizY Originally published May 27, 2015. The Dreyse needle rifle (or zundnadelgewehr,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/08\/dreyse-m60-needle-rifle-updated\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dreyse M60 Needle Rifle (Updated)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14245,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590\/revisions\/14245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}