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The original Henry rifle was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber rimfire breech-loading lever-action rifle, patented by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860 after three years of design work. [2] The Henry was an improved version of the earlier Volition, and later Volcanic .
.22 Long Rifle.22 Extra Long.22 Remington Automatic.22 Winchester Automatic.22 ILARCO.22 Winchester Rimfire.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire.25 Stevens.25 Stevens Short.32 rimfire.38 rimfire.44 Henry.46 rimfire.56-46 Spencer.56-50 Spencer.56-52 Spencer.56-56 Spencer; 2.34mm SwissMiniGun; 4.5×26mm MKR; 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum; 10.4×38mm ...
Modern comparisons to the .44 Henry rifle's ballistics would include such large-bore handgun cartridges as the 200 gr .45 ACP, and 200 gr .44 Special. Due to the vast advances in propellant and metallurgy technology, these latter can nearly achieve the Henry Rifle's velocity from a handgun, and do not even require the long barrel of a rifle to ...
The rifle is referred to as Aynalı Martin in the Ottoman Empire and is featured in several famous folk songs. Romanian Martini–Henry M1879. Beginning in 1879, Romania decided to replace its old model 1867 Peabody rifles with the Martini–Henry rifles. An order was made to Steyr for 130,000 rifles which were delivered into the early 1880s. [27]
The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the Japanese Army, it was used in the Murata rifle, a hybrid of French Gras and German Mausers 1871 and 1871/84 rifles. 12.7×108mm: 1930 USSR R 12.7×108mm 2700 11980 (13737) 255 0.511 108mm Used in Heavy Machine Guns, AT-rifles [36] and anti-materiel rifles. 14.5×114mm: 1941 [37 ...
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges (RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 ...
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge.It was the standard British service cartridge from the early 1870s that went through two changes from the original brass foil wrapped case (with 14 parts) to the drawn brass of two parts, the case and the primer.