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The Winchester Hotchkiss was a bolt-action repeating rifle patented by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1876 and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Springfield Armory from 1878. The Hotchkiss, like most early bolt-actions, had a single rear locking lug integral with the bolt handle, but was unique in feeding multiple rounds from a ...
Springfield began work on creating a rifle that could handle higher loads around the turn of the 20th century. The Springfield Model 1901 prototype combined the Krag–Jørgensen's cock-on-opening bolt, 30-inch barrel, magazine cutoff, stock and sights with the Mauser M1893's dual locking lugs, external claw extractor, and staggered-column ...
Bolt-Action United States: Springfield Armory.30-40 Krag: 1892 3.82 Winchester Model 1895: Standard rifle: Front-line: Lever action United States: Winchester, Browning Arms.30-06 Springfield: 1895 4.2 Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle: Sniper rifle: Long-Range Precision: Bolt-action United States: Winchester, U.S. Repeating Arms.30-06 ...
The Springfield Model 1892–99 Krag–Jørgensen rifle is a Norwegian-designed bolt-action rifle that was adopted in 1892 as the standard United States Army military longarm, chambered for U.S. caliber .30-40 Krag cartridges.
In bolt-action firearms, ... of which the M1895 Lee Navy is an example, is a camming action in which pulling the bolt handle causes the bolt to rock, ...
The M1905 bayonet has a 16 in (41 cm) steel blade and a 4 in (10 cm) handle with wooden or plastic grips. The bayonet also fits the U.S. M1 Garand rifle. From 1943 to 1945, a shorter, 10 in (25 cm), bladed version was produced with either black or dark red molded plastic grips, and designated the M1 bayonet. A number of M1905 bayonets were ...
RSC M1917 and M1918 (Majority of RSC semi-auto rifles were converted into bolt action rifles in 1935 and issued to reserve troops) [193] [194] Enfield M1917 (Used by French Liberation Army) [180] Springfield M1903 (Used by French Liberation Army, less common than M1917 Enfield. Also used as sniper rifle) [180] [191]
Charging handle being pulled on an M2 machine gun. The cocking handle, also known as charging handle or bolt handle, is a device on a firearm which, when manipulated, results in the bolt being pulled to the rear, putting the hammer/striker into a spring-loaded ("cocked") "ready and set" position, allowing the operator to open the breech and eject any spent/unwanted cartridge/shell from the ...