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The Amazing Evans Repeating Rifle

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Built in small numbers just after the US Civil War, the Evans repeating rifle was a very interesting rifle whose unique magazine design gave it a very impressive 34-round magazine capacity. And no, that is not a misprint.

In the 1870s, the US was awash with good quality rifles such as the Sharps carbine, the Henry and Winchester lever action repeaters, and the Spencer carbine. These guns were handy and some, like the Henry, carried an impressive 15-rounds in their under barrel tubular magazines. However, one Dr. Warren Evans, a Maine dentist, thought he could do better.

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This 1880s Apache warrior is perhaps the best equipped of any soldier anywhere in the world at the time of this picture between his top break S&W revolver and his Evans repeater holding 34-rounds

This 1880s Apache warrior is perhaps the best equipped of any soldier anywhere in the world at the time of this picture between his top break S&W revolver and his Evans repeater holding 34-rounds

O, How the Masses Love Glorious Helical Magazines for Defense of Motherland

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In the past month, the “fearless and supreme leader” Kim Jong-un of North Korea, marshal of the Korean People’s Army (and voted sexiest man alive by The Korean Worker magazine two years in a row), was been photographed in public with his loyal and most trusted bodyguards—and they had some interesting hardware. Seen escorting the people’s joy, two camouflaged soldiers armed seemed to be armed with standard 5.45×39mm AK74 rifles. What was non-standard about said AKs however were the huge (loaf of bread) sized helical magazines attached in place of the common banana clip.

Were they real? Where did they come from? What are they? Do they work? Keep reading.
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