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    The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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    Armorer Arsenal Academy Arsenal, Mainz Dresden Armory Eddystone Arsenal Frankford Arsenal Halifax Armoury Harpers Ferry Armory Imperial Arsenal (Ottoman...
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    experimental cartridges. The original experimental case design by the Frankford Arsenal was designated the T65 and was similar to the .300 Savage case, but...
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    & etc. Here are also an Arsenal of the United States, and a Lunatic Asylum belonging to the Friends. The Frankford Arsenal rivaled the Philadelphia Navy...
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    Columbian Exposition in 1893. Late 1870s Metcalfe joined the Frankford Arsenal. This arsenal, which opened in 1816, had developed after the American Civil...
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    experimental cartridges. The original experimental case design by the Frankford Arsenal was designated "T65" and was similar to the .300 Savage case, but...
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    developed by Colonel Townsend Whelen while he was commanding officer of Frankford Arsenal in the early 1920s. The cartridge resembles a .30-06 Springfield case...
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  • Department (1917), page 12: "The muzzle velocity of this weapon with the Frankford Arsenal cartridge, with about 3½ grains of smokeless powder and 148-grain...
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    & Tacony Branch served the upper Philadelphia waterfront and the Frankford Arsenal, and the Oxford Road Branch served a Sears distribution center near...
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    contracted with Winchester to design a .50-cal. cartridge. Subsequently, Frankford Arsenal took over from Winchester, producing the historic .50 BMG (12.7×99...
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