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The Henry Single Shot rifle is also available in hardened brass or steel in over 10 centerfire calibers. Henry Repeating Arms released the Side-Gate lever-action rifle chambered in .30-30 Win, .38-55 Win, .35 Rem, and .45-70 Gov't in 2018. This is their first rifle to feature a loading gate allowing ammo to be loaded, reloaded, or topped off as ...
According to firearms historian Herbert G. Houze, one man armed with a Henry rifle was the equivalent of 14 or 15 men equipped with single-shot guns. [7] Benito Juárez's forces obtained a number of Henry rifles from gun runners during their war against the French. [10]
Nearly 1 million before 2015/16 recall, still in production: Daewoo Precision Industries K2: Assault rifle South Korea: 1,000,000 [146] "Nearly a million" in 2017, still in production and being exported FN Browning M1900: Semi-automatic pistol Belgium: 724,550 [147] 1,000,000 Martini-Henry: Single-shot rifle United Kingdom: 500,000 [148 ...
From 1883, John Browning worked in partnership with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and designed a series of rifles and shotguns, most notably the Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot, Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun, Model 1897 pump-action shotgun; and the lever-action Model 1886, Model 1892, Model 1894 and Model 1895 rifles.
Two forms of single-shot pistol, however, remained: single-shot derringers, and target pistols, which were essentially single-shot rifle actions cut down to pistol size. The Remington Rolling Block is perhaps the most well-known of these. As the era of single-shot rifles faded, so did these early single-shot pistols.
The Ruger No. 1 is a single-shot rifle with a Farquharson-style hammerless falling-block action, introduced and manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. since 1967. [4] An underlever lowers the breechblock to allow ammunition loading and also cocks the rifle. Lenard Brownell, commenting on his work at Ruger, said of the No. 1: "There was never any ...
This is a list of small arms—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, and anti-tank rifles—that includes variants.
Martini–Henry Carbine Mark 1(UK – Breech-Loaded Single Shot Rifle – 7.65×53mm Argentine, 11.43×55mmR, 11.43×59mmR, .303 British, .577/450 Boxer-Henry, .577/450 Martini–Henry) Pattern 1853 Enfield (UK – Rifled Musket – .577 Ball) Submachine Guns; Machine Carbine Experimental Model; MCEM 1(UK Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum ...