Repeating rifles. Drawing of the mechanisms in a Mannlicher M1895. Like revolvers, repeating rifles allow users to fire multiple shots without reloading but do not contain a cylinder.

Early in the 19th century, people were good and sick of standing with one shot between them and hell, and it was inevitable that someone was going to invent a repeating rifle. In 1836, an inventor ...

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His approval led to the purchase of 107,372 Spencer repeating carbines and rifles (of 144,500 made), and the Spencer became the principal repeating gun of the Civil War. 1861 - Breech loaded guns ...

The New Original Henry Rifle is a line-for-line reproduction of the first practical repeating rifle patented by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860, except using the more modern .44-40 WCF caliber ...

In Austria-Hungary the question whether retaining the old bore of 11 millimeters for the new rifles is really profitable is a point to which... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Henry Repeating Arms, one of America’s leading firearm manufacturers and a world leader in the lever action category is honored to announce that a matching Big Boy Revolver and Big Boy Rifle ...

The Winchester rifle’s technological family tree runs through the Henry rifle, used during the Civil War, and on back to 1849, when inventor Walter Hunt patented the Volition Repeating Rifle ...

Repeating rifles (generally all rifles that aren’t loaded by hand one cartridge at a time) will also hold spare ammunition in either a box magazine or a tubular magazine. With the exception of ...

Firearm manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms creates collectible rifles for valued constituencies of various industries. Recently, the company has launched its acknowledgment of the construction ...