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Parker Otto Ackley (May 25, 1903 – August 23, 1989) [1] was an American gunsmith, barrel maker, author, columnist, and wildcat cartridge developer. The Ackley Improved family of wildcat cartridges are designed to be easily made by rechambering existing firearms, and fireforming the ammunition to decrease body taper and increase shoulder angle, resulting in a higher case capacity.
The standard .25-35 Winchester load is about three times as powerful in muzzle energy as the .25-20 Winchester, a cartridge of similar bore size earlier introduced by Winchester. [3] The .25-35 was valued for its speed, trajectory, and lower recoil. [4] It was a popular round in the Winchester Model 1885 High Wall single-shot rifle.
The .308 × 1.5" Barnes, a wildcat from noted cartridge author Frank Barnes made by simply necking a .308 Winchester back to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length (38.1 mm) is probably the best example of a wildcat that has spawned many other successful wildcats. The .308 x 1.5" case is available from a number of case manufacturers and differs from a ...
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
2 Guns is a 2013 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. [4] It is based on the comic book series of the same name created by Steven Grant and Mateus Santolouco, published in 2007 by Boom!
Krag–Jørgensen: Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen: 8×58mmR Danish Krag.30-40 Krag 6.5×55mm Norway: 1886 Krag–Petersson: Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Axel Jacob Petersson: 12.17×44mm rimfire Norway: 1872 Kropatschek rifle: 8×56mmR 8×60mmR Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1886 Lee–Enfield: James Paris Lee Royal Small ...
The attacking force consisted of approximately 6,600 American soldiers, most of them regulars, armed with the then-new smokeless-powder Krag–Jørgensen rifle and supported by artillery and Gatling gun fire. Though the assault was successful, the Americans soon realized that they had suffered more than 1,400 casualties in the assault.
25.2 Submachine guns. 25.3 Rifles. 25.4 Machine guns. ... Krag–Jørgensen M1889 (Standard issue rifle) Lee–Enfield rifle; Mauser Karabiner 98k (Danish resistance)