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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.

'''Ethan Allen''' ([[1806]]–[[1871]]) was a major [[United States|American]] armsmaker from Massachusetts. He is believed to be unrelated to the revo * ''The Story of Allen & Wheelock Firearms'' - H. H. Thomas (1965) (ISBN 0-913150-73-8)

|occupation = Design engineer, [[firearms designer]] |nationality = [[American]]

...ellor326/> Australia had no experience in the development of mass-produced firearms and relied entirely on designs sourced from the United Kingdom for the manu ...rkable. As a result of the success of the trials, the initial order of 100 firearms was increased to 2,000.<ref name=Mellor328>Mellor, 1958, pp. 328-329</ref>

The British Army had been experimenting with [[rifles]] since the American Revolutionary War but had found all available rifle designs either too frag [[Category:British firearms designers]]

...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 ...Most military forces adopting the FAL eventually eliminated full-automatic firearms training in the light-barrel FAL.

|nationality = American, later British {{quote|In [[1882]] I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States. He said: "Hang your chemistry and electrici

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...]. The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of firearms of all types, from small-bore Olympic [[rifle]]s and [[pistol]]s, to high-t ... was then ignited with a hot ember or torch. With the advent of hand-held firearms, this became an undesirable way of firing a gun. Holding a burning stick,

Designed by the famous firearms designers [[John Browning]] and [[John Pedersen]], the gun was initially marketed as ... 37 disassembly.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Disassembling the model 37. From [[American Rifleman]] magazine, October 1960.]]

...831]] – [[February 24]], [[1904]]) was a Scottish-[[Canadian]] and later American inventor and arms designer, best known for inventing the [[bolt action]] th ...anaging to acquire a contract for 1,000 rifles from the US Army during the American Civil War.

...p to be one of the most famous [[gunsmiths]] and [[firearms]] designers in American history. His works for [[Browning Arms Company|his own company]], as well

...p to be one of the most famous [[gunsmiths]] and [[firearms]] designers in American history. His works for [[Browning Arms Company|his own company]], as well

... operation."'' Hall, not Eli Whitney, was the man who truly perfected the American system of manufacturing which eventually led to mass production. [[Category:American firearms designers]]

...ed States|American]] [[firearm]]s designer who developed many varieties of firearms, [[cartridges]], and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around ...rearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of autoloading firearms. He developed the autoloading pistol by inventing the [[pistol slide|slide]

Samuel Colt, arguably one of the most influential firearms designers in American history, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on this day in [[1814]]. His fa Probably more than any other American citizen in the 19th century, Sam Colt was responsible for giving the averag

... Krags]]:''<br/>Rifle 1889<br/>Carbine 1889<br/>Sniper Rifle 1928<br/>''[[#American Krag-Jørgensen rifles|US Krags]]:''<br/>M1892 Rifle<br/>M1892 Carbine<br/> A distinctive feature of the Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the m

...', he is noted as the designer of several 'scaled-down' versions of larger firearms. He is largely responsible for the [[M16 rifle|M16]], [[Stoner 63]], and [ [[Category:American firearms designers]]

...|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]s are also generally not considered assault rifles. This list i | colspan="5"| In the 1990s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for d

...940. This led to a competition in 1941 by major U.S. firearm companies and designers. [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]] at first did not submit a ...ice during the 1960s, when the M1 carbine would be replaced by the 5.56 mm firearms — the M16 and its carbine variants, such as the [[Colt Commando|XM177/CAR