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The C was to indicate the powder burned "cooler" than traditional Improved Military Rifle (IMR) powders. [4] In 1949, he began acquisition of powder salvaged from disassembled Oerlikon 20mm cannon cartridges. This powder resembled IMR 4350 in appearance, and with a slower burning rate, was initially marketed as "4350 Data", and later as 4831. [5]
The first French brass cartridge for military use. Black powder. [3] Replaced by 8mm Lebel. [3] 11×60mm Mauser: 1871 Germany R 11×60mmR 1430 [3] 2013 [8] 2.815 77 [3] 0.446 [3] 60mm The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the unified German Army, it was used in the 1871 and 1871/84 rifles. 11×60mm Murata: 1880 Japan R 11 ...
.35 Winchester Self-Loading.350 Legend.350 Remington Magnum.350 Rigby.351 Winchester Self-Loading.356 Winchester.357 Magnum.358 Norma Magnum.358 Winchester.360 Buckhammer.360 No 2 Nitro Express.360 No 5 Rook.369 Nitro Express.375 CheyTac.375 Dakota.375 Flanged Nitro Express.375 H&H Magnum.375 Remington Ultra Magnum.375 Ruger.375 SOCOM.375 SWISS P
Mid- to late-war packing boxes were painted Olive Drab brown with white or yellow lettering that used the item's AIC code and a system of symbols to indicate the contents at a glance. The caliber, ammunition type and model (e.g., Caliber .30 Ball M1) were in the upper center field in bold lettering. The number of units (i.e., how many bullets ...
A .50 caliber handgun is a handgun firing a bullet measuring approximately 0.5 inches (12.7 mm) in diameter intended with the task of penetration. Historically, many black powder pistols fired bullets with diameters well above a half inch.
A revolver cannon is a large-caliber gun that uses a revolver-like cylinder to speed up the loading-firing-ejection cycle. Unlike a rotary cannon , a revolver cannon has only a single gun barrel . An early precursor was the Puckle gun of 1718, a large manually-operated flintlock gun, whose design idea was impractical due to it being far ahead ...
An IMR smokeless powder for reloading The Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. IMR Legendary Powders is a line of smokeless powders which are popularly used in sporting and military/police firearm cartridges. The initials 'IMR' stand for Improved Military Rifle powder. IMR powders makes a line of various types of smokeless powder suitable for ...
Harold Johnson necked out the .348 Winchester case to accept a .510" diameter bullet, [2] and Harold Fuller developed the barrel, marrying a .50 caliber barrel to an old Winchester Model 1886 rifle. Harold Johnson made the first 450 Alaskan in 1952, and continued to make them in the 1950s and 60s. The rifle was based on the Winchester Model 71 ...