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...rowning]] and produced by the [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company]] in the early 1900s. The Model 1902 was not a new de
...lace the revolvers in use at the time which were perceived to be outdated. American gun designer John M. Browning wished to join contemporaries such as [[Hugo
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|manufacturer=Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut
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|manufacturer=[[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut
...[John Browning]] and built by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The '''Colt Model 1908 Poc
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...to a gentleman’s vest [[pocket]] for unobtrusive carry. Created by famed firearms designer [[John Moses Browning]], the Model 1908 followed Browning’s earl
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...d for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]], and adopted
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...Semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic]] sporting pistol manufactured by the American [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] from 1915 to 1977. It was designed by [[Jo
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...ooper]] in the 1970s and published in the January/February 1979 issue of ''American Handgunner'' magazine. This is still used as a benchmark to gauge a shoote
...t time, US military personnel were prohibited by Italian law from carrying firearms within their areas of accommodation, which were within the local community
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...e Texas Revolution, and buck and ball loads were used by both sides of the American Civil War, often by cavalry units.<ref>See main article, [[shotgun]].</ref>
...Villa, the modern concept of the combat shotgun was fully developed by the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The ''trench gun'', as it was cal
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... have a long history in Europe, dating back to the early days of cartridge firearms, and they are most popular in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]].
...p://hoferwaffen.com/hofer_52.php?lang=en Peter Hofer Jagdwaffen], maker of firearms from single barrel to fünfling.</ref>
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...uve des Armes à Feu Portatives''' (Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing - commonly abbreviated as C.I.P. or CIP) is an international organi
To achieve this, the firearms are all professionally [[proof test|proofed]] at a C.I.P. accredited [[Proo
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...CDWL/CWP/CWL), Concealed Carry Permit/License (CCP/CCL), License To Carry (Firearms) (LTC/LCTF), Carry of Concealed Deadly Weapon license (CCDW), and similar.
...n of that contact." [http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/AKSL.pdf ''NRA/ILA Firearms Laws for Alaska'']</ref> allow a non-felon, aged 16 or 21 respectively, to
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... their modern manufactured replicas, used in the sport are of the pre-1900 American West and Military eras.
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...side events for single-shot "buffalo rifles", [[derringers]], etc. Replica firearms are available from companies such as [[Ruger]], [[Colt's Manufacturing Comp
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In firearms terminology, the '''Cylinder''' refers to the cylindrical, rotating part of
...gnum"-type rounds. Top break designs are largely extinct in the world of [[firearms]], but are still commonly found in [[airguns]].
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...option=com_content&task=view&id=192&Itemid=37 "The Accidental Felon"]. The Firearms Coalition.</ref>
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...eads to officially sanctioned conflicting differences between European and American ammunition dimensions and chamber dimensions. Since C.I.P. and SAAMI do not
...tridges the dimension „S “ is always identical. On the other hand many American calibers exhibit an oversize designated as delta L (ΔL). This leads to the
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...utthat/8631764/American-shoots-himself-in-the-leg-during-YouTube-demo.html American shoots himself in the leg during YouTube demo] - The Daily Telegraph (UK) 1
...wthread.php?t=14381 discussion thread] at Canadian Gunslingers (a Canadian firearms discussion board)
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...earms Act]] of 1934. Examples of destructive devices are [[grenade]]s, and firearms with a bore over one half of an inch, including some [[semi-automatic shotg
...ructive devices, must be registered with the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]], who then closely monitor use, transport, and storage of t
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...9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] handgun to utilize a staggered-column [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] with a single feed point allowing a total of thirteen rounds to
...ember 2005). "The Last of its Kind: FN's Model 1949 Self-Loading Rifle", ''American Rifleman'': 60–63, 94.
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Unlike other gas operated firearms, direct impingement does away with a conventional gas cylinder, piston, and
...nd receiver has been evidenced shortly after the adoption of the M16. Many American technicians and inventors have proposed systems to convert these weapons to
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