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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Brescia Arsenal, located in Brescia, Italy, served as a major center of small arms production for the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army) from the early 19th century through the end of World War II. Originally built as a Servite convent in the 15th century, the site was secularized during the Napoleonic era and repurposed as military barracks. By 1812, it began producing firearms, and over time, it became one of Italy’s principal arms manufacturing facilities, …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle was chambered in .30 M1 Carbine and the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and was named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. By most accounts, the M1 ri …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Argentine Small Arms Commission approached Mauser to replace their aging Remington Rolling Block rifles, resulting in an order for approximately 220,000 rifles and carbines chambered in 7.65x53mm Argentine. These weapons, designated Mauser Modelo 1891, were produced by the Ludwig Loewe Company and Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) in Berlin. The rifles featured a 29-inch barrel, straight bolt handle, and full-length military-type stock. At the same time, th …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, the Japanese soon found that the 7.7mm cartridge being fired by their Type 92 heavy machine gun in China was superior to the 6.5×50mm cartridge of the Type 38 rifle. This necessitated the development of a new weapon to replace the outclassed Type 38 and finally standardize on …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Winchester Model 52, introduced in 1920, is a renowned bolt-action .22 caliber rifle celebrated for its exceptional accuracy and craftsmanship. Originally developed to meet the U.S. Army's need for a smallbore training rifle, it quickly gained popularity among civilian target shooters. The rifle featured a five-shot box magazine, a "Speedlock" bolt mechanism introduced in 1929 to reduce lock time, and adjustable sights. Over its production run, the Model 52 evolved t …