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|caliber=7.62mm ...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,

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...f the war due to its exceptional accuracy.<ref>''Without Warning: Canadian Sniper Equipment'' ([[Service Publications]], 2005).</ref> The [[Ross Rifle Company|Ross Rifle Co.]] made sporting rifles from early in its production, most notably chambered in [[.280 Ross]], intr

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in its name is for James Paris Lee, a Scottish-born American who sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling,

*[[American-180]] (US - SMG - .22 LR & .22 Short Magnum) **[[American SAR 180/275]] (US - Semi-Auto Carbine - .22 LR)

|caliber=7.62mm ...iants and related designs|M14K]], [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]], [[XM25 Sniper Rifle|XM25]]

|caliber=.30 / 7.62mm ... of the United States military (the M1903 retaining a valuable role as a [[sniper rifle]]), and was subsequently replaced by the select-fire [[M14 rifle|M14]

...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...re not significantly easier to carry or maintain than the existing service rifles (such as the M1903 and Garand).

|name= Rifle, 7.62 mm, Sniper Weapon System, M24 |type= [[Sniper Rifle]]

...hine guns, as well as manual volley guns, saw their first major use in the American Civil War. The [[Gatling gun]] and "coffee gun" both used manually-powered ... intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on [[caliber]

...einmetall]]. ''Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH'' was split off and continues making rifles, while the Rheinmetal subsidiary, called ''Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensys Note that the model names of the following Mauser rifles are split between company designations and German military designations. Fo

|type= [[Sniper rifle]] ...0 sniper rifle (USA)]</ref> is a [[Semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[sniper rifle]] designed by [[Eugene Stoner]] and manufactured by [[Knight's Armame

|image= Chuck Mawhinney's sniper rifle.jpg |type= [[Sniper rifle]]

...apons in the US was first codified by the language defining semi-automatic rifles with certain characteristics in the 1994 [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]. S ... automatic fire, such as the Heckler & Koch CAWS, the XM8, and the Russian 7.62mm/40mm Assault Weapon System are also classified as ''assault weapon systems'

...amples of this system date back to the 19th century, and except for most [[sniper rifle]]s and civilian use, have been largely replaced with [[Semi-automatic ...ovements in design. By the mid 1800s and during the Civil War, bolt-action rifles were being used widely as cavalry weapons as well as for snipers. World War

|name=M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System |caption=The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System