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The .45-70 (11.6x53mmR), also known as the .45-70 Government, .45-70 Springfield, and .45-2 1 ⁄ 10" Sharps, is a .45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding 70 grains of black powder that was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873.
Mills rose gradually to the rank of colonel and was appointed brigadier-general in 1897 when he was placed on the retired list. [8] Shortly after the Civil War, Mills began to improve the regulation cartridge belt by attempting to weave the whole belt in one piece without sewing.
Lee's sample (in the newly-authorized .45-70 cartridge) had a hammer-operated falling-block design, similar to the Peabody and the Martini. His rifle did not win the trials (that honor went to the latest Allin design, the Model 1873) but with further consideration his gun was found worthy. $10,000 was appropriated, and Lee moved to Springfield ...
While the guns were chambered for the .44-40 round, McQueen wore more impressive looking .45-70 rounds in the loops of his gun belt. In season one a doctor, after removing a bullet fired from the Mare's Leg from the back of a criminal, identified the removed bullet as a .30-30 round.
Cartridge belt may refer to: Belt (firearm), a belt for automatic feeding of ammunition into a firearm; Bandolier, a wearable belt with pockets for cartridges
Soldiers of the Leicestershire Regiment in France in 1915, in Full Marching Order. The ammunition pouches can be clearly seen. During the Second Boer War of 1899–1902, the standard British Army set of personal equipment, comprising a belt, haversack and ammunition pouches, was the leather Slade–Wallace equipment, which had been introduced in 1888.
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