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The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company.It closely resembles older Sharps Rifles but has a firing mechanism that uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifle.
The 7×61mm Sharpe & Hart Magnum belted cartridge (A.K.A. 7mm S&H Super [1]) was developed by Philip B. Sharpe and Richard (Dick) Hart in the 1950s. Some articles claim it was based on the .300 H&H Magnum case, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] while others claim it was based on the 7x61 MAS M1907 case.
Krag-Petersson Rifle Though frequently classified as only single-shot firearms, one tilting block rifle usually falls under the category of repeating firearms. The user, upon ejecting a round from the chamber, would load a round from the underbarrel magazine onto the loading surface of the tilting block, then raise it to the mouth of the ...
Comparison of 1880s rifles [1] Calibre System Country Velocity Height of trajectory Ammunition ... Berdan rifle: Russia: 1,444 ft/s (440 m/s) 873 ft/s (266 m/s)
The Rolling Block was also one of two makers rifles used by the American team to win the International Long Range matches held at Creedmoor Rifle Range on Long Island, New York, in 1874. Team members shot against the Irish team with half the shooters using Rolling Block Creedmoor models, and the other half using Sharps Model 1874 Long Range rifles.
The .22 CHeetah (both C and H are upper-case, [1] referring to Carmichel / Huntington [2]) is a .22 wildcat cartridge developed in the 1970s or 1980s by Jim Carmichel and Fred Huntington. [ 3 ] The .22 CHeetah is essentially a Remington .308 BR (empty .308 Winchester cases [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ), modified to fit the .22 caliber . [ 6 ]
Rolling-block breech Joseph Rider's 1865 patent drawings. A rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. [1] The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle.
.950 JDJ cases are approximately 70 mm in length, and are based on a 20×102mm Vulcan case shortened and necked up to accept the .950 in (24.1 mm) bullet. Projectiles are custom-made and most commonly weigh 3,600 grains (230 g) which is 8.2 ounces or over half a pound.