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The Moore Caliber .32 Teat-fire, which used a unique cartridge to get around the Rollin White patent owned by Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson, proved very popular during the Civil War, with both soldiers and civilians. The "Teat-fire" cartridges did not have a rim at the back like conventional cartridges, but were rounded at the rear, with a ...
An ammunition belt is a firearm device used to package and feed cartridges, typically for rapid-firing automatic weapons such as machine guns. Belt-fed systems minimize the proportional weight of the ammunition apparatus to the entire weapon system, and allow high rates of continuous fire without needing frequent magazine changes.
The caliber of ammunition – .45 (.45 pistol or submachinegun - cartons), .30C (.30 Carbine – cartons), .30R (.30 Rifle – clips or cartons), .30M (.30 Machinegun – belted or linked ammo), or .50 (Machinegun - linked or cartons) – was embossed in raised letters and numbers on the metal lid so they could be identified by touch under low ...
.32 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), a pistol cartridge (1899).32 H&R Magnum, a rimmed cartridge designed for use in revolvers (1984).32 NAA, a cartridge/firearm system from North American Arms and Corbon Ammunition using a .380 ACP case (1996).327 Federal Magnum, a rimmed "super magnum" cartridge based on the .32 H&R Magnum with elongated case and ...
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The Century Co: 1918, p. 263. The .32 Remington (also known as the .32 Remington Auto-Loading or .32 Remington Rimless) is an American rifle cartridge . A rimless , smokeless powder design, this cartridge was once considered to be suitable for game larger than deer and black bear . [ 2 ]
During its lifetime, the .32 rimfire was loaded with black powder, followed by semi-smokeless and smokeless powder loadings. While it was popular as a very effective small game caliber, it was considered obsolete by the late 1930s, in part due to the introduction of high-velocity versions of the .22 Long Rifle using smokeless powder. [1]
The .32 Winchester Special / 8.2x51mmR (or .32 WS) is a rimmed cartridge created in October 1898 for use in the Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifle. [3] It is similar in name but unrelated to the .32-20 Winchester cartridge (which is also known as .32 WCF).