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.276 Enfield (7×60mm) rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge for which the Pattern 1913 Enfield action was designed. Initially the RSAF designed the new rifle, at this point the Pattern 1911, around two calibres; the .276 and the .256. The .256 was found to be inaccurate and the .276 was adopted in mid-1911 for further testing. Problems with ...
The rifle has a radial block receiver similar to the Spencer, but the rounds were fed from an Archimedean-screw magazine which formed the spine of the rifle stock and could hold up to 28 rounds. The fluted cartridge carrier made a quarter turn each time the lever was operated, feeding a new cartridge into the breech.
The 7.62×45mm cartridge is approximately of the same overall length as the 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington cartridges common in the United States, and will "fit" into AR-15 pattern magazines designed for the 6.5mm Grendel cartridge (as well as those for cartridges with dimensionally close case bodies).
The parent cartridge, upon which the 7.92×57mm Mauser is based, was adopted by Germany in 1888 as the Patrone 88 (cartridge 88) or M/88 (along with the Gewehr 1888 service rifle). It was a first-generation smokeless propellant cartridge designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission ( lit.
Not all AR-308 rifles use magazines compatible with the SR-25 pattern. For example, HK417/MR308/MR762 uses a proprietary design. Notably, Armalite switched from their original pattern magazines to modified M14 magazines in 1996 with their new AR-10B model, [2] but reintroduced their original (SR-25 pattern) magazine design with the AR-10A model ...
The Camp-45 rifle magazine is compatible with most Colt 1911–type magazines; and the Camp-9 rifle magazine can be replaced by magazines from 59-series S&W pistols. [1] The Camp-9 magazine well is sized for 12-round magazines; magazines with higher capacities extend beyond the bottom of the well.
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Vickers G.O. gun magazine pouch, alternate: This was an oval pouch designed to hold a drum for the Vickers K machine gun. It could hold a 100-round drum. The back of the carrier slid on the web belt with two long oval metal hooks and the top had a strap that linked into the shoulder strap.