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...om (1999-10-01), [http://www.cruffler.com/historic-october99.html HISTORIC FIREARM OF THE MONTH]</ref> and the [[FN FAL]]. He became the head firearms develop ...ember 2005). "The Last of its Kind: FN's Model 1949 Self-Loading Rifle", ''American Rifleman'': 60–63, 94.

...s believed to be unrelated to the revolutionary [[Ethan Allen]]. His first firearm, the "[[Pocket Rifle]]" was developed in 1836, and his first patent was gra [[Category:American firearms designers]]

Owen, disappointed with the lack of interest in his firearm, enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in May 1940. He was ...mber 1941 his gun was ready for testing against similar weapons; the [[USA|American]] Thompson Machine Gun, the [[Sten]] and the [[Germany|German]] [[MP18|Berg

...possibly the classic post-war [[battle rifle]]. Formally introduced by its designers Dieudonne Saive and Ernest Vervier in 1951, and produced two years later, i The FAL operates by means of a [[gas-operated]] [[Firearm action|action]] very similar to that of the Russian [[SVT-40]]. The gas sys

...exits the [[gun barrel]]. The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of firearms of all types, from small-bore Olympic [[rifle]]s and The first step to firing a firearm of any sort is igniting the propellant. The earliest firearms were [[canno

...s a woodworker, machinist, and boat builder, but turned to the making of [[firearm|gun]]s. ... operation."'' Hall, not Eli Whitney, was the man who truly perfected the American system of manufacturing which eventually led to mass production.

...arm|automatic]] and [[semi-automatic firearm]]s and is credited with 128 [[Firearm|gun]] patents — his first was granted [[October 7]], [[1879]]. ...city. He founded his own manufacturing operation and began to produce this firearm.

...[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]] and [[SVT-40|Tokarev SVT]]. [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] rifles are not assault rifles as they are not selective fi | colspan="5"| In the 1990s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for d

|ROF= [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] (M1/A1)<br/> 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3) ...ign military and paramilitary forces, and has also been a popular civilian firearm.

...sp;[[File:Deletion.png|50px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;<big>'''CAUTION:'''</big> '''This firearm may be hazardous to your [[toodles]]!''' [[File:eek.png]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ...MP 40 submachine guns are [[open-bolt]], [[blowback]]-operated [[Automatic firearm|automatic]] arms. Fully automatic fire was the only setting, but the relati

... in modern terms, usually refers to a [[Belt (ammo)|belt-fed]] [[automatic firearm]] firing a full-power [[rifle]] [[cartridge]] and typically weighs from 15 ...le by using recoil to power automatic loading was not lost on the firearms designers of the day. Soon there was a host of new automatic firearms that used this

...I have no information indicating that the receipt and/or possession of the firearm described in item 4 of this form would place the transferee in violation of ...ugh the law doesn't say that) and that a machine gun conversion part is a "firearm" under the GCA as well as the NFA. I think the judge is clearly wrong, even

...rgensen#Norwegian Krag-Jørgensen rifles|Norwegian]] and [[Krag-Jørgensen#American Krag-Jørgensen rifles|US]] armies. [[Category:Norwegian firearms designers]]

...s a national treasure, being one of the few surviving masters of post-WWII American firearms design"</ref> *1980 {{US patent|4221066}} for a firearm grip assembly

...d by arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms." ...cted the basic principles of his revolving-breach loading, folding trigger firearm named the Paterson Pistol."

|nationality = [[American]] ...tling''' ([[September 12]], [[1818]] – [[February 26]], [[1903]]) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the [[Gatling gun]], the first suc

... mode, firing one [[cartridge]] for each pull of the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single [[chamber]] and a single [[gun barrel|barrel]], which remain ...dge from the pistol's chamber and load an unfired round from a [[magazine (firearm)|magazine]] into the chamber for the next shot.

|feed= 32-rd detachable [[Magazine (firearm)|box magazine]] STEN is an acronym, cited as derived from the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald '''S'''hepherd and Harold '''T'''urpin, and '''EN''' for [[

... compactness, large [[.45 ACP]] [[bullet]], and high volume of [[automatic firearm|automatic fire]]. ...poration]] in 1916 for the purpose of developing his weapon. The principal designers were Theodore H. Eickhoff, Oscar V. Payne, and George E. Goll. By late 1917

... linked together with a metallic disintegrating link and fired [[Automatic firearm|automatically]]. The 40x53mm is also used in some mounted helicopter grenad ...or Marketing]] previously tasked by [[Milkor (Pty) Ltd]] the South African designers of the [[Milkor MGL]] - developed a new "Extended Range Low Pressure" (ERLP