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Hall-rifle. breech open. The original flintlock model of the Hall rifle had a 32.5 in (830 mm) barrel rifled with 16 "clockwise" (right-hand) grooves, making a full rotation in 96 in (2,400 mm). The muzzle was reamed to a depth of 1.5 in (38 mm), creating the illusion of a smoothbore when the user looked down the muzzle of the firearm.
Hall's rifle works design worked so well as that it had to undergo only minimal changes through the end of the Model 1819’s run in 1853. [4] By 1842, 23,500 rifles and 13,682 Hall-North carbines had been produced, most at Harper's Ferry, earning Hall nearly $40,000 in royalty and patent-licensing fees.
Harpers Ferry Model 1816 (USA – rifle – 1816) Harpers Ferry Model 1819 "Hall Rifle" (USA – rifle – c.1820) Harpers Ferry Model 1841 "Mississippi Rifle" (USA – rifle – 1841) Harpers Ferry Model 1855 (USA – rifle – 1857) Henry Repeating Rifle (US – rifle – 1850s-1866) Huochong (China – hand cannon – 13th century)
1819; 1823; 1836; 1838; 1841; 1842; Pages in category "Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1819" This category contains only the following page. ... M1819 Hall rifle
over 70 Brooke rifles Shakanoosa Arms Mfg. Co. Rifles Shelby Iron Company: Shelby, Alabama: 1842 Iron plating SC State Military Works Greenville, South Carolina: 1861 Also "State Rifle Works" Spiller & Burr Macon, Georgia: Rifles Samuel Sutherland Richmond, Virginia: Rifles Tallassee Tallassee, Alabama.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading ...
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Flintlock of an 18th-century hunting rifle, with flint missing. Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when W. James McNerney, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -0.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.