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Old 05-16-2008, 02:03 PM
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nchawkeye
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Default RE: Histoy Lesson

The first metallic rimfire was introduced in 1845 by Flobert in France...It was a .22 caliber...

The word cartridge is from the French...In the Revolutionary War a cartridge box contained 25 paper rolled cartridges with powder and ball enclosed...

The first center fire metallic cartridge was invented by Hiram Berdan in the US in 1866...
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