This video dives into the Remington-Lee Model 1899, the final iteration of the Remington Lee Military Rifle. It highlights the rifle's redesign for smokeless powder ammunition, featuring a new detachable bolt head with enhanced locking lugs. The description outlines production numbers for various entities, including the Michigan National Guard, Cuban Rural Guard, and commercial models, and lists the calibers offered, such as .30 U.S.A. (.30-40), 7mm Mauser, 7.65mm Mauser, .303 British, and 6mm Lee Navy.
This Q&A session covers a wide range of firearm-related topics, including ammunition feeding mechanisms (belts vs. links), the historical factors influencing gun manufacturing locations, and specific caliber choices like France's avoidance of 7.62 NATO. The discussion delves into specific firearms like the CMMG Guard, the historical function of proof houses, and the 6mm Lee Navy cartridge. It also touches upon modern military applications of 7.62mm NATO rifles, unique design features like straight triggers on French rifles, and hypothetical choices for Old West revolvers. The video explores magazine design, the development of semi-automatic rifles before WWII, potential modernizations of the M1941 Johnson, and the future of the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Additional questions cover collectible firearms for Anglophiles, US intermediate cartridge development, surplus ammunition sourcing, the rarity of straight-pull military rifles, potential Mosin improvements, inertial locking mechanisms, and specific rifles like the FX-05 and Type 89, as well as legal conversion of open-bolt SMG kits.
This video explores an experimental variant of the classic Allin conversion Trapdoor Springfield rifle. During US magazine rifle trials in the late 1800s, the Ordnance Department rebarreled a limited number of Trapdoor Springfields to the .30-40 cartridge. These served as a baseline to compare new rifle designs against in terms of recoil, accuracy, and handling. The video features a modern reproduction of this rare experimental rifle, built from original parts, providing a unique opportunity to examine this piece of firearms history.
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