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The origins of the "Remington" name date back to the formation of E. Remington and Sons, a firearms maker founded in 1816. E. Remington & Sons made occasional forays into products other than firearms, such as sewing machines and farm implements—but its most significant side venture was when inventor Christopher Sholes persuaded the firearms company to help him develop the typewriter with the ...
Remington (personal care brand), an American manufacturer of shavers and haircare products, founded 1937; Remington College, an American chain of private schools, founded 1987; Remington Rand, an American computer manufacturer, originally a typewriter manufacturer, 1927–1955; Remington & Co, a British book publisher of the 19th century
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Remington briefly produced 25 round magazines for the Viper, but the rifle's introduction was only months before the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and the model 522 was dropped before the ban sunset in 2004. The stock did not include provision for sling mounts; these had to be added by the owner or a gunsmith.
The French acquired 210,000 Egyptian rolling-block rifles to make up for a shortage of the standard-issue Chassepot and Tabatière rifles during the Franco-Prussian War. [ 20 ] During World War I, the British Royal Navy purchased 4,500 rolling-block rifles in 7mm Mauser from Remington's leftover stock after production had ended, issuing them to ...
The diesel-hydraulic locomotive ML 2200 C'C' was a 6 axle variant of the DB Class V 200 series of locomotives, which were built for Yugoslav State Railways (JDŽ) by manufacturer Krauss-Maffei. The JDŽ bought three units, which it initially named D 66 , later these were named JŽ series 761
As a result, Remington decided to develop a shorter version of the .222 Remington cartridge, optimized for use in the XP-100. While production of XP-100 pistols chambered in .221 Fireball was eventually canceled after 1985, [ 3 ] Thompson Center Arms produced various single-shot pistols chambered for the .221 Fireball as part of their Contender ...
Based on a John Browning design and manufactured from 1922 to 1935, the Remington model 24 is a semi-automatic rifle chambered in either .22 Short or .22 long rifle.It is very closely related to the Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle (the Browning SA-22), which is still in production.