Lever actions are not well suited to firing prone either. Tubular magazines were prone to damage and dirt. The 1895 with the box magazine was probably the best of the levers suited for the military...
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Lever actions are not well suited to firing prone...
Lever actions are not well suited to firing prone either. Tubular magazines were prone to damage and dirt. The 1895 with the box magazine was probably the best of the levers suited for the military...
There are pictures of the Parkhurst clip loading...
There are pictures of the Parkhurst clip loading system in both Brophy and Mallory. It looks to me like an add-on piece to the loading gate that could have been fairly easily manufactured. I suspect...
I'm looking forward to the book 5mad
I'm looking forward to the book 5mad
Springfield modified a number of US Krags to...
Springfield modified a number of US Krags to adapt the Parkhurst clip loading device. By that time however, it was ~1900 and the M1903 was already in development.
The other major shortcoming...
Concur 11mm! And yes, the Mauser was one of the...
Concur 11mm! And yes, the Mauser was one of the rifles evaluated by the 1892 board.
Right or wrong, a lot of credit was given to the Krag magazine's ability to be topped off with the bolt closed....