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Scientific American, Vol. 71, No. 18 (1894) (1894)
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ly given to it, as a set off to its lightness, by coating thelead with nickel. The loaded rifle, with its magazine full, weighs 9 lb. 3 oz., and the weapon is sighted up to 2,000 meters, or 2,187 yards. The high velocity of the bullet, the result of the smokeless powder used and the system of… … trigger guard. The cartridges, canal is estimated at $25,000,000. © 1894 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INCInternet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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