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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
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]
Armalite AR-50: ArmaLite.50 BMG.416 Barrett: Bolt-action (single-shot) United States: 1997 Barrett M82 M107 "Light Fifty" Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG.416 Barrett: Short-recoil (semi-auto) United States: 1980 Barrett M90: Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG: Bolt-action United States: 1990 Barrett M95: Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG: Bolt ...
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.
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 Spencer repeating rifles and carbines were 19th-century American lever-action firearms that were invented by Christopher Spencer.The Spencer was the world's first military metallic-cartridge repeating rifle, and over 200,000 examples were manufactured in the United States by the Spencer Repeating Rifle Co. and Burnside Rifle Co. between 1860 and 1869.