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The .25-20 Winchester / 6.6x33mmR, or WCF (Winchester center fire), was developed around 1895 for the Winchester Model 1892 lever action rifle. It was based on necking down the .32-20 Winchester. In the early 20th century, it was a popular small game and varmint round, developing around 1,460 ft/s with 86-grain bullets.
Calibers for the rifle vary and some are custom-chambered. The original rounds were the .32-20, .38-40, and .44-40 Winchester centerfire rounds, followed in 1895 by the new .25-20. [3] A few Model '92s chambered for .218 Bee were produced in 1936–38. [3] Rifles in .44-40 proved to be most popular, far outstripping sales of the other chamberings.
The Marlin Model 1894 is a lever-action repeating rifle introduced in 1894 by the Marlin Firearms Company of North Haven, Connecticut. At its introduction the rifle came with a 24-inch barrel and was chambered for a variety of rounds such as .25-20 Winchester, .32-20 Winchester, .38-40, and .44-40. Variants in other chamberings remain in ...
The standard .25-35 Winchester load is about three times as powerful in muzzle energy as the .25-20 Winchester, a cartridge of similar bore size earlier introduced by Winchester. [3] The .25-35 was valued for its speed, trajectory, and lower recoil. [4] It was a popular round in the Winchester Model 1885 High Wall single-shot rifle.
Model 1876 lever-action centerfire rifle. Model 1878 Hotchkiss bolt-action rifle (US Army and Navy) Model 1885 falling-block single-shot rifle. Model 1886 lever-action centerfire rifle. Model 1887 lever-action shotgun. Model 1890 slide-action .22 WRF rifle. Model 1892 lever-action centerfire rifle.
Muzzle velocity. 1,250 ft/s (381 m/s) Effective firing range. 1,900 yd (1,700 m) at 5°. The 20-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a cast iron muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and employed in field artillery units during the American Civil War. As with other Parrott rifles, the gun breech was ...
The Barrett XM109, originally known as the Objective Sniper Weapon ( OSW) and now called the Anti-Materiel Payload Rifle ( AMPR ), is a prototype anti-materiel sniper rifle. It is chambered for 25 × 59 mm grenade rounds and was developed by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. It was designed in accordance with a requirement set out in 1994, and is ...
The Anzio 20mm rifle[ 1] is an American anti-materiel rifle designed and marketed by Anzio Iron Works. It is the first American anti-materiel rifle designed and mass-produced for public sale with a bore diameter in excess of .50 caliber in over 80 years. [ 2] The rifles are available in three calibers, with the rifle's predominant chambering ...