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DEN Denver Ordnance Plant (1941–1945) – Denver, Colorado: a division of Remington Arms. DM Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (January 1942 to July 1945) – Des Moines, Iowa: a division of US Rubber Co. EC Evansville Ordnance Plant (Chrysler) (June 1942 to April 1944) – Evansville, Indiana: a division of Chrysler -Plymouth.
The Remington Rolling Block was developed from the 1863 pattern .50 calibre split breech carbine issued to the US Cavalry during the American Civil War. This earlier weapon was designed by Joseph Rider and Leonard Geiger to fire the same cartridges as the Spencer carbine. [10] The split breech rifle lacked a hammer spur because it self-cocked ...
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. All versions and variants were manufactured under license by the Springfield Armory between 1892 and 1903 and famously ...
Pattern 1914 Enfield. The Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period, principally manufactured under contract by companies in the United States. It was a bolt-action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine. It served as a sniper rifle and as second-line and reserve issue, until declared obsolete ...
Most straight-pull rifles have a striker firing mechanism (without a hammer), [citation needed] and models using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms. The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed.
The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine -fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. [9][10] A redesign of the Lee ...
The Model 1841 was replaced by the minie ball firing Springfield Model 1855, which became the standard issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863. By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Rifle was generally considered old-fashioned but effective. It was carried by some Union troops up ...
6.5×52mm Carcano. 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer. 7.92×57mm Mauser. 1891. Kingdom of Italy. Dreyse needle gun. Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge. 1835. Kingdom of Prussia.