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    the rifle. The Peabody action most often used an external hammer to fire the cartridge. The Peabody action was developed by Henry Oliver Peabody (13 May...
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    combined the dropping-block action first developed by Henry O. Peabody (in his Peabody rifle) and improved by the Swiss designer Friedrich von Martini, combined...
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    The Serbian Peabody rifle (Serbian: Пушка система Пибоди, Puška sistema Pibodi) is a single-shot breech-loading rifle made and used in the Principality...
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    Krag–Petersson rifle. Section of the Martini–Henry The Martini-Henry, showing the breech open and closed The Martini-Henry Mk 1 The Peabody rifle, which has...
    30 KB (3,745 words) - 12:34, 17 June 2024
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    .43 Spanish (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)
    the .433 Spanish, "11mm Spanish", and identical cartridges for the US Peabody rifle were marked "U.M.C. 43-77". The .43 Spanish cartridge was produced after...
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    A service rifle (or standard-issue rifle) is a rifle a military issues to its regular infantry. In modern militaries, this is generally a versatile, rugged...
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    Single-shot (redirect from Trapdoor rifle)
    best-known pivoting block designs are the Peabody, the Peabody–Martini, and Ballard actions. The original Peabody rifles, manufactured by the Providence...
    27 KB (3,956 words) - 21:47, 3 February 2024
  • Francotte-Martini rifle, single shot breachloader with falling block action. Made after 1865, it was an unlicenced derivative of the Peabody rifle. Modern versions...
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  • Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed...
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  • Berdan rifle (Russian: винтовка Бердана) is a single-shot rifle created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was the service rifle of...
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  • 1860s  United States Spencer rifle and carbine 1860s  United States Westley Richards Rifle  United Kingdom Peabody Rifle  United Kingdom Snider Enfield...
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    Spencer rifle and carbine Breechloading repeater 1860-1860s  United States Westley Richards rifle Breechloading 1812-1871  British Empire Peabody rifle Breechloading...
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    Green percussion rifle (Serbian: Пушка система Грин, Puška sistema Grin) was a breech-loading percussion rifle used in the army of the Principality of...
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    Krag–Jørgensen (redirect from Krag rifle)
    number of Springfield Krag rifles, in addition to Peabody and Mauser rifles. The Swedish-Norwegian Rifle Commission started its work in 1891. One of their...
    61 KB (7,940 words) - 20:30, 17 August 2024
  • Mannlicher M1890 Mannlicher M1895 (Standard issue rifle) Mauser Gewehr 71 Mosin–Nagant M1891 Peabody–Martini–Henry M1874 Machine guns DWM MG 08 Madsen...
    41 KB (3,287 words) - 09:02, 19 August 2024
  • falling-block action is closely related to that of the Martini–Henry rifle, the Peabody action (similar to, but not identical with, that of the Martini–Henry)...
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    The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards...
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    smoothbore muzzle-loaders. Only a few muzzleloading weapons, such as mortars, rifle grenades, some rocket launchers, such as the Panzerfaust 3 and RPG-7, and...
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  • centerfire metallic cartridge, the 11×50mmR, a rifle designed by Johann L. Werder based on the Peabody dropping block action, to replace the breech loaded...
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    also used in the 1867 Peabody. Adopted in 1869 along with the Vetterli turn-bolt rifle, it was discontinued, along with the rifle, in 1889. With a 334 gr...
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