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.50-70 Government

Index .50-70 Government

The.50-70 Government (also called the.50-70 Musket or.50 Government) is a black powder cartridge adopted in 1866 for the Springfield Model 1866 Trapdoor Rifle. [1]

22 relations: Buffalo rifle, Gunfight at Blazer's Mill, Joslyn rifle, List of handgun cartridges, List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces, List of rifle cartridges, List of rifles, Peabody action, Remington Rolling Block rifle, Second Battle of Adobe Walls, Service rifle, Sharps rifle, Spencer repeating rifle, Springfield Model 1866, Springfield Model 1868, Springfield Model 1869, Springfield model 1870, Springfield model 1870 Remington—Navy, Springfield model 1871, .45-70, .500 S&W Magnum, 13 mm caliber.

Buffalo rifle

Buffalo rifle generally refers to large-calibre, generally single-shot black powder cartridge firearms which were used to hunt the American Bison (or "buffalo") to near-extinction in the late-19th Century.

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Gunfight at Blazer's Mill

The Gunfight at Blazer's Mill (April 4, 1878) was a shootout between what were known as the Lincoln County Regulators and buffalo hunter Buckshot Roberts.

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Joslyn rifle

The term Joslyn Rifle refers to a series of rifles produced in the mid-19th century.

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List of handgun cartridges

List of repeating handgun cartridges, approximately in order of increasing caliber.

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List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces, sorted by type and current level of service.

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List of rifle cartridges

List of rifle cartridges, by category, then by name.

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List of rifles

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.

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Peabody action

The Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle.

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Remington Rolling Block rifle

The Remington Rolling Block rifle was a breech-loading rifle produced from the mid-1860s into the early 20th century by E. Remington and Sons (later Remington Arms Company).

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Second Battle of Adobe Walls

The Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874, between Comanche forces and a group of 28 U.S. bison hunters defending the settlement of Adobe Walls, in what is now Hutchinson County, Texas.

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Service rifle

The service rifle (also known as standard-issue rifle) of a given armed force is that which it issues as standard to its service members.

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Sharps rifle

Sharps rifles (singular Sharpe) are a series of large-bore single-shot rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848, and ceasing production in 1881.

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Spencer repeating rifle

The Spencer 1860 was an American lever action rifle.

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Springfield Model 1866

The Springfield Model 1866 was the second iteration of the Allin-designed trapdoor breech-loading mechanism.

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Springfield Model 1868

The Springfield Model 1868 was one of several model "trapdoor Springfields", which used the trapdoor breechblock design developed by Erskine S. Allin.

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Springfield Model 1869

The Springfield Model 1869 was one of several model "trapdoor Springfields", which used the trapdoor breechblock design developed by Erskine S. Allin.

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Springfield model 1870

The Springfield model 1870 was one of several model "trapdoor Springfields", which used the trapdoor breechblock design developed by Erskine S. Allin.

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Springfield model 1870 Remington—Navy

The Springfield rolling-block U.S. Navy rifle was a shipboard small arm for use by the United States Navy, employing the Remington Arms Company rolling-block design, and manufactured under a royalty agreement with Remington.

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Springfield model 1871

The Springfield model 1871 rolling-block U.S. Army rifle was manufactured in 1871–72 by Springfield Armory, using the design originated by Remington Arms Company, under a royalty agreement.

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.45-70

The.45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as.45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873, which is known to collectors as the "trapdoor Springfield".

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.500 S&W Magnum

The.500 S&W Magnum (12.7×44mmSR) is a fifty-caliber semi-rimmed handgun cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT show.

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13 mm caliber

This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the caliber range and greater.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50-70_Government

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