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Either 1864 or 1865, Remington Engineer Joseph Rider improved the split breech design to create the rolling-block action which was named the "Remington System". [10] [14] The medium-strength action developed some headspace issues with new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1890s. A heavier-style action was produced for later ...
The Remington Model 30 is a US sporting rifle of the inter-war period based on the military P14/M1917 Enfield rifle action, which was manufactured for the British and US governments during World War I. [4] [5] Initial specimens used surplus military parts with some modifications in order to consume the stock of parts, though further modifications were made as production progressed and later ...
An overview of 7mm caliber cartridges, their history, and uses in firearms.
7 mm Remington cartridges are all rifle cartridges with bullets of 7 millimetres (0.28 in) diameter developed and sold by Remington. These cartridges include: .280 Remington (7mm Express Remington) 7mm BR Remington (Bench Rest) 7mm Remington Magnum; 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum (RUM) 7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum (SAUM) 7mm-08 Remington
The Model 700 is available in many different stock, barrel and caliber configurations, with many third-party and aftermarket variants in the market built on the same action footprint. From 1978 to 1982, Remington offered the Sportsman 78 which is the same model 700 action but with cheaper features such as a plain stock without checkering.
Rather than continue manufacturing older rifles that had become expensive to produce, Remington chose to develop an altogether new and modern rifle design with Mike Walker and Homer Young playing key roles. These factors converged in the development of the Remington Model 721 / 722. The new Model 721/722 was introduced in 1948.
The .221 Fireball case shares the same case head dimensions (0.375"/ 9.53mm) as the commercial .223 Remington and military 5.56×45mm cartridges. The 7mm Remington Bench Rest case shares the same case head dimensions (0.470"/ 11.94mm) as the commercial .308 Winchester (as well as other cartridges based on that case; .243 Winchester , .260 ...
The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company in 1892 and adopted as a military cartridge by Spain in 1893. [ 3 ]