Watch this American Rifleman Television segment of "I Have This Old Gun" from 2019 to learn more about the history of the Martini-Henry breech-loading rifles, which were the mainstay of the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Marston's Breech-Loading Fire-Arms and Patent Cartridge ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 17 (January 1853), p. 129 doi:10. ...

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A federal investigation to determine how the rifle used in the D.C.-area sniper attacks made it from a Tacoma gun shop into the hands of the suspects is now focusing on possible theft, rather than ...

This second type Remington Breech Loading Carbine features Remington's famous rolling block action. It fired a .50 caliber metal rimfire cartridge and was the last type of firearm purchased by the ...

The 81mm mortar tube is 1.453m long and fitted with a hand-operated vertical sliding breech mechanism with a screw breech being one potential option. Traverse is through a full 360 degrees with weapon ...

The rifle is based on the Barrett Firearms' Multi-role Adaptive Design bolt-action sniper rifle and is capable of chambering 7.62x51 mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum rounds, among ...