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The Ruger #3 is a single-shot rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co from 1973 to 1986. It is based on the Ruger #1, with some modifications made to reduce costs, such as a simpler one-piece breech lever. [3] It also was shipped with an uncheckered stock and a plastic buttplate. [4] It has been described as "superbly accurate". [5]
These rifles were made in a variety of calibers, both rimfire and centerfire, including the 12.17x42 mm rimfire, 12.17x44 mm rimfire and 12.17x44 mm rimmed centerfire Swedish and Norwegian cartridges, .43 Spanish (11.15x58mmR), .50-70, .40-70, .45-70 and later in .22 caliber.
It first appeared in 1879, manufactured by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company.Eventually Remington took over production and produced copies in .45-70.Arguably this was the most modern rifle in the world, until the introduction of the 8mm Lebel M1886 rifle using smokeless powder, the Remington-Lee rifle utilized the first successful detachable box magazine, unlike the Lebel rifle which was ...
In his 2001 book 'The AK-47', Chris McNab claims it is "feasible" that production of the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle – a license-built AK-47 copy – reached 15-20 million. McNab bases that estimate on the "apparent" strength of the Chinese armed forces of 10 million (3 million regular troops and 5-7 million reservists) and presumed export ...
H&R Model 155 'Shikari' '': Year of Manufacture: 1973-1981, These were single-shot break available in 12ga, 20ga shotgun barrels along with 44mag, 45-70 govt. rifle barrels with an under-barrel cleaning rod.
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.
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
The infantry rifle model featured a 32 5 ⁄ 8-inch (829 mm) barrel, while the cavalry carbine used a 22-inch (560 mm) barrel. It was superseded by an improved model, the Springfield Model 1884, also in .45-70 caliber.