Editing 1892

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In '''1892:'''

* The Criminal Code of [[Canada]] is enacted, requiring individuals to have a permit to carry a [[pistol]] unless the owner had cause to fear assault or injury. It was an offence to sell a pistol to anyone under 16. Vendors who sold [[handguns]] had to keep records, including purchaser's name, the date of sale and a description of the gun.
* The [[Colt Model 1892]], a double action revolver with swing-out cylinder, replaced the [[Colt Peacemaker]] as the primary [[U.S.]] military sidearm.
* [[Winchester]] began cranking out their own [[Winchester Model 1892|Model 1892]] as well.
* The [[.30-40 Krag]], [[.38 Long Colt]] and [[7 x 57 mm Mauser]] all debuted.
* The ordnance factories of [[Tula Arsenal]], [[Izhevsk Arsenal]], and Sestroryetsk Arsenal began producing the [[Mosin-Nagant]].  Due to the limited capacities of these facilities and the newly formed Franco-Russian Alliance, an order of 500,000 rifles was placed with the French arms factory, [[Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault]]. 
* [[John M. Browning]] filed for a patent for what would be the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun]]'s operating mechanism. It was one of Browning's earliest patents for automatic rifles; he had previously been working on lever action rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester 1886]].

== January ==
* The '''Rifle, Magazine, [[Lee-Metford]] Mark I*''', a conversion of the original Mark I was adopted into service by the British Army. The sights were changed from the "Lewes" and "Welsh" pattern to the barleycorn front and v-notched rear sight.

== March ==
* [[Frank Major Tobin|Frank and Anna Tobin]]’s first child was born in Nebraska.

== April ==
* After only 3 months, the Brits dumped the Lee Metford Mk I* for the MK II; it was the first to be fitted with the ten round [[magazine]]. The [[bolt]] was modified and the outside contour of the [[barrel]] was changed. A half length cleaning rod was fitted and the brass marking disk on the buttstock was omitted. 

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 == January ==
 * The '''Rifle, Magazine, [[Lee-Metford]] Mark I*''', a conversion of the original Mark I was adopted into service by the British Army. The sights were changed from the "Lewes" and "Welsh" pattern to the barleycorn front and v-notched rear sight.
-== February ==
-* [[February 6]] &mdash; Sir [[John Carden]], 6th Baronet was born in London.
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 == April ==
 * After only 3 months, the Brits dumped the Lee Metford Mk I* for the MK II; it was the first to be fitted with the ten round [[magazine]]. The [[bolt]] was modified and the outside contour of the [[barrel]] was changed. A half length cleaning rod was fitted and the brass marking disk on the buttstock was omitted.
-== May ==
-* [[May 19]] &mdash;  Battle of Yemoja River: British troops defeat Ijebu infantry in modern-day Nigeria, using a single [[maxim gun]].
-== October ==
-* [[October 5]] &mdash; The infamous Dalton Gang, attempting to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, are gunned down by armed townspeople; only Emmett Dalton, with 23 wounds, survives, to spend 14 years in prison.
-== The year in pictures ==
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-File:Dalton Gang memento mori 1892.jpg|The Dalton Gang, after misbehaving in a well armed town.
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