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The .22 Hornet should not be confused with the 5.6x35mmR Vierling. As per C.I.P., the Hornet case has a longer shoulder length, case length and thicker rim than the Vierling. This makes it very difficult to chamber the higher pressure Hornet cartridge in a Vierling rifle. [3] [4] The .22 Hornet fills the gap between such popular varmint ...
Combination gun. A combination gun is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel, that is typically used with shot or some type of shotgun slug. Most have been break-action guns, although there have been other designs as well. Combination guns using one rifled and one smoothbore barrel are commonly ...
2,800 ft/s (850 m/s) 1,493 ft⋅lbf (2,024 J) Source (s): Barnes, Frank C. "Cartridges of the World." Digest Books, Inc. 3rd Edition: 1972. The .22 Savage Hi-Power cartridge, also known as 5.6×52mmR, was created by Charles Newton and introduced by Savage Arms in 1912. It was designed to be used in the Savage Model 99 hammerless lever action ...
Developed jointly by Remington and Smith & Wesson, it was to be used in the Model 53 revolver, which first appeared late in 1961. [3] While it traced its origins to potent wildcats such as the .224 Harvey Kay-Chuk, [4] which ultimately derive from the .22 Hornet, [4] it was a bottlenecked cartridge based upon the .357 Magnum case necked down to a .22 caliber bullet, with an unusually long ...
In production. .22 Long, a cartridge predating the .22 LR, with the same case length using the lighter .22 short bullet. .22 Long Rifle (LR), the most common cartridge type of this caliber, often referred to simply as ".22 caliber" or "22". .22 Long Rifle Extra Long (LR EX), a variant of .22LR with a longer casing but identical overall ...
Action. Bolt-action. Feed system. 5-round detachable box magazine. The ArmaLite AR-5 is a lightweight bolt-action takedown rifle chambered for the .22 Hornet cartridge and adopted as the MA-1 aircrew survival rifle by the United States Air Force. It was developed by ArmaLite, a division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation in 1954.
ICL cartridges (ICL stands for Increased Case Load) are rare hunting wildcat cartridges developed by Arnold & Vern Juenke, [2] gunsmiths who owned Saturn Gun Works in Reno, Nevada. ICL cartridges are wildcats based on conventional cases in use at the time. They feature a 45 degree shoulder [3] and the sides are straightened out compared to the ...
The Winchester Model 52 was a bolt-action .22-caliber target rifle introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1920. For many years it was the premier smallbore match rifle in the United States, if not the world. Known as the "King of the .22s," the Model 52 Sporter was ranked by Field & Stream as one of "the 50 best guns ever made ...