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=Additional Images= | |||
[[File:Evansriflebigpic.jpg|none|thumb|400px]] | |||
[[File:Evans Two.jpg|thumb|none|400px]] | |||
[[Image:Evansmag.jpg|thumb|none|450px| A close up look at the Evans Archimedean-screw magazine. It would hold between 28 and 34 of the Evans 44 rimfire round depending on the configuration.]] | |||
[[File:Evans New Model Carbine 22 inch.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Evans Repeating Carbine with 22" barrel - .44 Evans]] | |||
=Discussion= | |||
Yeah, this gun looks horrible. I could never see John Wayne or Clint Eastwood using one of these things and not looking like a complete fool. But 34 rounds is a lot of firepower in a rifle of the era... unless it inevitabley jammed. - [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]] | Yeah, this gun looks horrible. I could never see John Wayne or Clint Eastwood using one of these things and not looking like a complete fool. But 34 rounds is a lot of firepower in a rifle of the era... unless it inevitabley jammed. - [[User:Gunmaster45|Gunmaster45]] | ||
You have to wonder how expensive the ammo was since it was made for that rifle alone. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 15:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC) | You have to wonder how expensive the ammo was since it was made for that rifle alone. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] 15:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC) | ||
The Russian Navy and even the army bought a small number of them, but as far as is known, they were never widely used. Perhaps the whole problem was again in the cartridges. --[[User:Slon95|Slon95]] ([[User talk:Slon95|talk]]) 17:46, 5 September 2020 (EDT) | |||
:I did not know that. Thanks. --[[User:Jcordell|Jcordell]] ([[User talk:Jcordell|talk]]) 20:47, 5 September 2020 (EDT) | |||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 3 June 2022
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Yeah, this gun looks horrible. I could never see John Wayne or Clint Eastwood using one of these things and not looking like a complete fool. But 34 rounds is a lot of firepower in a rifle of the era... unless it inevitabley jammed. - Gunmaster45
You have to wonder how expensive the ammo was since it was made for that rifle alone. --Jcordell 15:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
The Russian Navy and even the army bought a small number of them, but as far as is known, they were never widely used. Perhaps the whole problem was again in the cartridges. --Slon95 (talk) 17:46, 5 September 2020 (EDT)