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  2. .30-30 Winchester - Wikipedia

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    Rimmed cartridges are chambered in bolt action rifles, but .30-30 bolt actions are uncommon today. "At one time Winchester turned out the Model 54 bolt-action repeater in this caliber [.30 WCF], but it was a decided failure, chiefly because the man desiring a bolt action preferred to use one of the better and more powerful cartridges.

  3. Lever action - Wikipedia

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    The toggle-link action used in the iconic Winchester Model 1873 rifle, one of the most famous lever-action firearms Picture showing a Volcanic Pistol. A lever action is a type of action for repeating firearms that uses a manually operated cocking handle located around the trigger guard area (often incorporating it) that pivots forward to move the bolt via internal linkages, which will feed and ...

  4. List of rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, ... .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum ... 6.8x51mm Common Cartridge; 6.8mm Remington SPC;

  5. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    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 the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...

  6. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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    Lever-action rifle United States: 1,000,000+ [139] Savage Model 99: 1,000,000+ [140] PK machine gun: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: 1,000,000+ Smith & Wesson M&P Shield: Semi-automatic pistol United States: 1,000,000+ 1 million mark reached in December 2015 [141] Henry Lever-Action .22: Lever-action rifle 1,000,000+ Announced in ...

  7. Henry rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Henry rifle used a .44 caliber cartridge with 26 to 28 grains (1.7 to 1.8 g) of black powder. [12] This gave it significantly lower muzzle velocity and energy than other repeaters of the era, such as the Spencer. The lever action, on the down-stroke, ejected the spent cartridge from the chamber and cocked the hammer.

  8. List of Winchester models - Wikipedia

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    Model 1886 lever-action centerfire rifle; Model 1887 lever-action shotgun; Model 1890 slide-action .22 WRF rifle; Model 1892 lever-action centerfire rifle; Model 1893 slide-action shotgun; Model 1894 lever-action centerfire rifle; Model 1895 lever-action centerfire box-magazine rifle; Model 1895 Lee bolt-action rifle (US Navy/Marine Corps ...

  9. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The opening lever and the safety catch are clearly visible. In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breechloading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts, and ejects) the ammunition cartridges, or the method by which that mechanism works. [1]