![]() ![]() A weapon of the same weight as the M1903 needed to fire a smaller cartridge. 30-06 cartridge, but such a rifle was prohibitively large with existing designs such as the Browning Automatic Rifle and French Chauchat. The US Army wanted a general issue autoloading rifle that would fire the. 276 Pedersen was a solution to a significant problem. Both waxed and bare cartridges were made for the Pedersen and Garand rifle respectively.Īt the time of its introduction, the. Tapered cases require the use of highly curved magazines similar to that of the Kalashnikov although for the short magazines of the Pedersen and Garand rifles, this was immaterial. The case was two inches (51 mm) long with significant taper. ![]() ![]() Comparable to the contemporary Italian 6.5 x 52 mm (0.268 in) Carcano or the Japanese 6.5 x 50 mm (0.264 in) Arisaka, it produced velocities of around 2400 feet per second (730 m/s) with 140 or 150 grain (9.1 or 9.7 g) projectiles. Pedersen's round fired a 7 mm (0.284 in) bullet. ![]()
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