Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recently the Redneck Preppy was asked why militaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries stuck with rimmed and semi-rimmed ammunition when perfectly good non-rimmed ammunition was available and just plain worked. The reasons may be obvious but the Preppy goes over the rationales in today's video.

0:06 Introduction
1:01 The Differences Between Non-Rimmed, Rimmed And Semi-Rimmed
2:49 Why You Would Want to Avoid Using a Rimmed Cartridge
4:38 Why You Would Want to Use a Rimmed Cartridge
7:03 Why Did They Often Stick With Rimmed Cartridges?

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