Engineering:Esser-Barrat

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Esser-Barratt
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Technical design of the Esser-Barrat rifle
TypeRifle
Place of origin United Kingdom
Production history
ManufacturerEsser-Barratt Repeating Arms Company Ltd
Specifications
Mass8 lb (3.63 kg)
Length50 in (1,300 mm)
Barrel length30 in (760 mm)

Cartridge.303 British
Barrels1
4 groove rifling
ActionExperimental straight-pull, pump-action
Rate of fireExperimental rifle chambered in .303 British
5 rounds in 2.5 seconds
40 rounds in 60 seconds[1]
Feed system5 round box Magazine
SightsRear leaf sight graduated to 2,000 yards (1,800 m)
Front fixed post

The Esser-Barrat rifle was an experimental slide-action firearm in the United Kingdom at the start of the 20th Century. It was essentially a development on the Austrian Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 straight-pull bolt-action rifle, but with the bolt connected to a pump on the for-end of the stock.

The firearm was tested in Bisley Ranges, Bisley, Surrey in 1906, but never adopted for military use.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 John Walter. Rifles of the World. Krause Publications, 2006. ISBN:0-89689-241-7, ISBN:9780896892415 [1]