Posted: 9/8/2024 10:16:38 AM EDT
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Wrote this as "Appleseed homework" last month and Karl Rehn was kind enough to post on his blog... 5 pages is too long to post here https://blog.krtraining.com/the-pioneers-of-handgun-sight-designs-ira-paine-e-e-patridge-a-o-niedner/ |
Life is a blind stage on a hot range
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Good find with some interesting stuff in addition to the sights. When the enterprising Stevens Arms and Tool Co., aided by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., originated the .22 long-rifle cartridge (brought to UMC by A.O. Niedner), it was necessary to quicken the twist in the rifles in which this cartridge was shot, from one turn in 25 inches to one turn in 16 inches, to spin the extra ten grains of lead. By increasing the bullet from 30 to 40 grains, and shortening the twist from 25 to 16, the range and accuracy of the cartridge were wonderfully increased, so much so that shooting declared to be impossible with the old .22 short cartridge was readily performed with the new .22 long rifle. As the increased accuracy secured by this change became known, calls came for other makes of rifles to take the new cartridge… and the world’s most popular cartridge was born. |
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