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Jarmann rifle was seen as being too little of an improvement over the 12.17 mm cartridge used in the M1867 rifles. So as a stop-gap measure rifles and carbines with rolling-block action were converted to a for that time period very modern centerfire cartridge, the
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400:- American
346:Needle-guns
206:10.15Ă—61mmR
201:12.17Ă—44mmR
105: built
1251:Categories
957:"Karbin m"
866:References
685:12.17Ă—42mm
649:collectors
614:carbines.
594:After the
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477:Palmcrantz
368:Steenstrup
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186:Cartridge
834:See also
714:6.5Ă—55mm
627:shotguns
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577:sling
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