Talk:Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse

Dates?
Both the years of acceptance by the German military (1841 or 1848?), and the year cited in the rifle's adoption name (1848 or 1849?) are different between the Needle gun and Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse articles.
 * Not to mention the date of adoption & model year in this article contradict... Also, the date of his first model I've seen as 1829, not 1836. Trekphiler (talk) 06:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Both articles are full of questionable material. The 1849 was a shorter barrel pattern. . Dreyse pestered the army starting in 1927, but only his later prototypes were considered. FuFoFuEd (talk) 18:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Bolt action?
As far as I know, no authoritative source has ever called it "first bolt-action rifle". It is first successful breechloader. (Some credit Patrick Ferguson with the first, not a success.) So who said bolt-action? Trekphiler 21:52, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

O.K., it is established and agreed that it is a breechloader, not a muzzle loader. So, what do we call it, bolt action, falling block, rolling block, pump, lever action, trapdoor, semi-auto, full auto, or select fire? It certainly looks like a bolt action to me. Oopy38, Selma, Alabama. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.191.133.172 (talk) 04:09, 27 August 2010 (UTC)