breech-loading
Refers to firearms loaded from the rear of the barrel. Often used attributively in compounds like 元込め銃 (breech-loading gun).
元込め式の銃は、前装式より装填が速い。
Breech-loading guns are faster to reload than muzzle-loading ones.
この博物館には古い元込め銃が展示されている。
Old breech-loading guns are on display at this museum.
breechloader; breech-loading gun
Compound of 元 (moto, 'base, origin') and 込め (kome, continuative form of 込める 'to load'). Literally 'loading from the base', referring to the breech of a firearm.