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Official $20 bill prototype featuring Harriet Tubman. In a campaign called "Women on 20s", selected voters were asked to choose three of 15 female candidates to have a portrait on the $20 bill. The goal was to have a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the centennial of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. [13]
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.
Art and engraving on Interest Bearing Notes Banknote Value/series Vignette Vignette information [nb 5] $10 One-year 5% (1864) Peace: $50 Two-year 5% (1864) Caduceus (eng) Alfred Jones (art) John W. Casilear $100 Two-year 5% (1864) Farmer and Mechanic: In the Turret: $1,000 One-year 5% (1863) Justice: $1,000 Two-year 5% (1863) Guerriere and ...
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
Stripper clip with internal 5-round magazine. Air Service variant with permanent 20-round box magazine. M1917 Enfield: Bolt-action rifle.30-06 Springfield United States Stripper clip with 5-round internal magazine. Mannlicher M1895: Bolt-action rifle 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8×56mmR 7.92×57mm Mauser Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with permanent box ...
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. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
Lists of gun cartridges contain articles about gun cartridges of different types. Cartridges can be classified by type of firearm, by caliber or by type of primer (e.g. centerfire, rimfire). See Category:Cartridge families for more information on different categories of cartridges. The lists include:
Most firearms of the day and for decades thereafter were 'single action', requiring the user to manually cock the firearm prior to pulling the trigger. The barrel had a smooth bore with no rifling. With no sights, this was a close-range personal defense weapon used with a 'point and shoot' method rather than careful aiming.