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The .43 Spanish was a centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Remington designers around 1867. [2] It was used in early rolling block rifles that Remington manufactured for the government of Spain. The cartridge is also referred to as the .433 Spanish, [3] "11mm Spanish", and identical cartridges for the US Peabody rifle were marked "U.M.C. 43 ...
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 raised headstamp has the P at 9 o'clock, the M at 12 o'clock, the H at 3 o'clock, and the two digit year of production at 6 o'clock. It manufactured black powder .58 Spanish Berdan Carbine, .43 Spanish Remington, and .43 Spanish Remington Reformed cartridges.
Between 1881 and 1887, the Mexican army purchased enough Model 1879 Winchester Hotchkiss rifles to equip two regiments of elite cavalry and the Presidential guard; those were chambered in the .43 Spanish cartridge. In 1888 the Mexican government purchased a 100 Model 1883 Winchester Hotchkiss rifles [2]
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 ...
The .43 Egyptian was a centerfire rifle cartridge used by the Egyptian Army and France for the No. 1 Remington Military Rifle, [1] [2] a rolling block rifle. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Used between 1870 and the end of the First World War , it is closely linked to the .43 Spanish .
Contents. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges. Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point. This is a table of selected pistol / submachine gun and rifle / machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for ...
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the 11 millimetres (0.43 in) to 11.99 millimetres (0.472 in) caliber range. Length refers to the cartridge case length. OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge. Bullet refers to the diameter of the bullet. All measurements are in millimetres (with inches in parentheses).