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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)

Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 327

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here are many kinds of rifles now in use in the different armies ofthe world, but in their essential principles they are very similar. All usesmokeless powder, and all are provided with a magazine which admits offiring a number of shots without reloading. The Springfield rifle formerlyin use in the… … KRAG-.TORGENSEX RIFLE. emergency demands rapid fire, the opening of the cut-off enables the car-tridges in the magazine to be fired in rapid succession. The range of theKrag-Jorgensen is 4066 yards, being practically equal to that of the Mauser,which, in the hands of the Spaniards, inflicted…

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