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Sauer 80 was designed in 1970 [1] and introduced to the market in 1972. [3] [4] Sauer 90 was released in 1982. [1] Sauer 90 and 92 were produced until 2006. [5] After the Swedish rifle company Husquarna/Carl Gustaf for a while stopped producing civilian rifles, they decided to import finished and semi-finished rifles from Sauer.
The .45-90 Sharps, also known as the .45-2 4 ⁄ 10" Sharps, is a black powder rifle cartridge introduced in 1877 by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and was developed for hunting and long range target shooting. In the modern day, it is used for Black Powder Cartridge Rifle competitions.
Introduced by Remington at the 2023 SHOT Show. Straight-walled cartridge based on a blown-out .30-30 Winchester case and designed for deer hunting in U.S. states that require hunters with modern rifles to use that cartridge shape. [56].376 Steyr: 1999 [3] Austria & US 2 [59] R 9.5×60mm 2754 4211 0.375 60mm
1844 — Luxurious double-barrel musquets (early shotguns), hunting arms become more important now. 1849 — Coop with Spangenberg and Heinrich Sturm, company now "Spangenberg, Sauer u. Sturm, Suhl". 1873 — Johann Paul Sauer and his sons Rudolf and Franz found the company J. P. Sauer & Sohn. 1879 — Company patents backloading rifle.
The cartridge is also a very popular chambering for double rifles and combination guns, including the famous M30 Luftwaffe Drilling manufactured by J.P. Sauer & Sohn. It was primarily used by downed German pilots as a survival weapon for hunting and self-defense purposes, while serving in the North African campaign during World War II.
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This naturally invited competition. Winchester offered the cartridge loaded .50/90/473 (.50 caliber/90 grains black powder/473 grain grease grooved bullet) with paper patched bullets which may be how the cartridge came to be commonly known as the .50-90. The .50-90 Sharps is similar to the .50-100 Sharps and .50-110 Sharps cartridges.
The M30 was intended to be used for hunting and self-defense against a variety of natural predators. For maximum versatility the M30 Luftwaffe Drilling featured two side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun barrels on top and a 9.3x74mmR rifle barrel below.