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European armies continued to develop bolt-action rifles through the latter half of the 19th century, first adopting tubular magazines as on the Kropatschek rifle and the Lebel rifle. The first bolt-action repeating rifle was patented in Britain in 1855 by an unidentified inventor through the patent agent Auguste Edouard Loradoux Bellford using ...
AO-63 assault rifle: TsNIITochMash: 5.45×39mm Soviet Union: 1984 S&T Daewoo K11: S&T Daewoo: 5.56×45mm NATO 20×30mm grenade South Korea: 2010 Fusil Automático Doble (FAD) Peruvian arms: 5.56×45mm NATO 40x46mm grenade Peru: 2008 Springfield Armory SALVO: Springfield Armory: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: 1957 TKB-059: Tula Arms Plant: 7.62 ...
Springfield Model 1866, trapdoor breech closed. In 1872–1873 a military board, headed by Brigadier-General Alfred H. Terry, conducted an examination and trial of 99 rifles from several domestic and foreign manufacturers, including those from Springfield, Sharps, Peabody, Whitney, Spencer, Remington, and Winchester pursuant to the selection of a breech-loading system for rifles and carbines ...
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Close-up of an IOF 32 break-action revolver. The first break-action revolver was patented in France and Britain at the end of December in 1858 by Devisme. [1] A substantial hinge pin joins the two parts of the rifle or shotgun; the stock with its firing mechanism and the fore-piece and barrel, which hold the round to be fired.
The first experimental rifle using a direct impingement system was the French Rossignol ENT B1 automatic rifle followed by Rossignol's B2, B4 and B5. The first successful production weapon was the French MAS 40 rifle adopted in March 1940. The Swedish Automatgevär m/42 is another example. Both the French and Swedish rifles use a simple system ...
The New Year — and the entire month of January — is often the busiest time at the gym. This increase is largely driven by New Year’s resolutions as more people set fitness and health goals ...
Double rifle: A rifle that has two barrels, usually of the same caliber. Like shotguns, they are configured either in over-and-under or side-by-side. Drilling: A firearm with three barrels (from the German word drei for three). Typically it has two shotgun barrels in a side-by-side configuration on the top, with a single rifle barrel underneath.