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Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle. Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, Smith Enterprise Inc., Mike Rock & Jim Ribordy. 7.62×51mm NATO. Short-stroke piston (select-fire) United States. 2002. Desert Tech SRS. Desert Tech. .243 Winchester.
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, ... .50 caliber and larger.50 AE.50 Alaskan.50 Beowulf.50 BMG.50 Krater.50 Spotter-Tracer.50-70 Government
Pages in category ".50 BMG sniper rifles" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The .50-140 Sharps, also known as the .50-3⁄" Sharps, is a black-powder rifle cartridge that was introduced in 1884, as a big game hunting round. [ 1] It is believed to have been introduced for the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 rifle. [ 2] The cartridge is very similar to the .500 Black Powder Express. [ 3]
Elephant gun. Theodore Roosevelt with a Holland & Holland double rifle in .500/450 Nitro and bagged elephant. [1] An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game. Elephant guns were black powder muzzle-loaders at first, then black powder express ...
In the 1980s, Ronnie Barrett of Tennessee invented the Barrett Model 82, the first sniper rifle to use a .50-caliber heavy machine gun round, as opposed to a military small arms or hunting round ...
The fixed price for a traditional Hawken rifle was $22.50 - $25.00. Several of the fine engraved Hawken rifles sold for $38 between 1837-1842. A .70 caliber Hawken rifle, the largest caliber example known, that was once owned by Theodore Roosevelt and is set for auction in May of 2024 has an estimated auction value of US$55,000 to US$85,000. [8]
The .50-110 WCF / 13x61mmR (also known as the .50-100-450 WCF , with different loadings) in modern 1886 Winchesters with modern steel barrels is the most powerful lever-action cartridge, with up to 6,000 foot-pounds (8,100 J) of energy.