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  2. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    A .32 ACP FMJ cartridge, a .32 ACP FMJ cartridge in a blued .303 British supplemental chamber, and a .303 British FMJ cartridge (left to right) A caliber conversion device is a device which can be used to non-permanently alter a firearm to allow it to fire a different cartridge than the one it was originally designed to fire.

  3. .30-30 Winchester - Wikipedia

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    The .30-30 Winchester / 7.8x51mmR (officially named the .30 Winchester Center Fire or .30 WCF) cartridge was first marketed for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle in 1895. [4] The .30-30 (pronounced "thirty-thirty"), as it is most commonly known, along with the .25-35 Winchester , was offered that year as the United States' first ...

  4. Blank-firing adapter - Wikipedia

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    Blank Firing Adapter attached to an M16 rifle/M203. BFAs for blowback and gas-operated firearms are relatively simple. These weapons depend on high pressures in the chamber generated by the combustion of the propellant to push the breech block to the rear, allowing another round to be chambered and fired. If a blank round is used, there is no ...

  5. Walmart to stop selling short-barrel rifle ammunition - AOL

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    Walmart Inc said it would discontinue sales of some ammunition in stores across the U.S., in response to the recent mass shootings in Texas. Walmart to stop selling short-barrel rifle ammunition ...

  6. .30 Remington - Wikipedia

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    The .30 Remington / 7.8x52mm cartridge was created in 1906 by Remington Arms. It was Remington's rimless answer to the popular .30-30 Winchester cartridge . Factory ammunition was produced until the late 1980s, but now it is a prospect for handloaders.

  7. Pedersen device - Wikipedia

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    The Garand was originally developed for .30-06 cartridge and converted to the new .276 cartridge. After the .276 Garand rifle was selected over the Pedersen rifle, General Douglas MacArthur came out against changing rifle cartridges, since the Army had vast stockpiles of .30–06 ammunition left over from World War I, the .30-06 would have to ...

  8. .303 Savage - Wikipedia

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    The .303 Savage is a rimmed, .30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by the Savage Arms Company in 1894 which was designed as a short (as short as the .30-30 Winchester) action cartridge for their Savage Model 1895 later 1899 hammerless lever-action rifle. The cartridge was designed for smokeless powder at a time when black-powder cartridges were ...

  9. Winchester Model 1894 - Wikipedia

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    In 1895 Winchester went to a different steel composition for rifle manufacturing that could handle higher pressure rounds and offered the rifle in .25-35 Winchester and .30-30 Winchester. The .30-30 Winchester, or .30 WCF (Winchester Centerfire), is the cartridge that has become synonymous with the Model 1894. [2]