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... and their collaborators, ammunition manufacturers, machine manufacturers, gunsmiths, ballistic specialists and so on. Two sub-commissions exist within the comm The American equivalent of C.I.P. is the [[Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' I

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

...War. Many Australian soldiers preferred the larger calibre weapon over the American [[M16 rifle|M16]] because they felt they could trust the NATO 7.62 round to After evaluating both the Spanish [[CETME]] and American Armalite [[AR-10]], the Austrian Army adopted a variant of the FAL under th

...[.308x1.5in Barnes]], the [[.458x1.5in]] ,and the [[.458 American|2in .458 American]]. [[Category:American gunsmiths]]

Gunsmiths may be employed in: ... general gunsmith (see Specializations section below). Alternatively, some gunsmiths learn many of the skills of the trade, but only apply them to a few weapon

...ake a technical distinction that views pistols as a subset of handguns. In American usage, the term "pistol" refers to a handgun whose chamber is integral with With the development of the [[revolver]] in the 19th century, gunsmiths had finally achieved the goal of a practical capability for delivering mult

*'''G3A1''': The terminology used by custom gunsmiths (e.g. Choate) and importers (e.g. Interarms) for weapons with an aftermarke *'''HK 51''': The HK51 is not made by HK, instead being a creation of the American custom after-market. The HK 51 has no real standards but is usually a cut d

...which used it, called the "caplock". The caplock appeared just before the American Civil War, and was quickly adopted by both sides as it was even simpler and Berdan primers are named after their American inventor, [[Hiram Berdan]] of New York who invented his first variation of

...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

...g with 5 round [[stripper clip]]s. While the Allies (both Soviet and Anglo-American) developed and moved towards standardization of semi-automatic rifles, the ...ning of the War, its disadvantages in rate of fire became more apparent as American and (to a lesser extent) Soviet armies began to field more semi-automatic w

... 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/> ...xt several months, combined what they considered the best ideas from other gunsmiths with a number of their own ideas to design a distinct bolt action for their

...field relied on various woods for its stock but chiefly walnut, both North American black walnut and European 'English' walnut, renowned for their qualities. ...r length was controversial at the time: many Rifle Association members and gunsmiths were concerned that the shorter barrel would not be as accurate as the long

Sometime in the middle 1570’s, Madrid gunsmiths introduced a prototype miquelet lock, possibly based on a lock developed in *Garavaglia, Louis A. and Charles G. Worman. ''Firearms of the American West, 1803-1865.'' Albuquerque: UNM Press, 1984

...rm. It does NOT include non-portable devices, such as sound traps used by gunsmiths in their shops which are large and usually bolted to the floor. ...en questioned, based on the fact that short barreled shotguns were used by American troops during the trench warfare of World War I, and after the ''Miller'' d

'''Remington Arms''' is a major American manufacturer of [[rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, other [[firearms]], [[revolver] ... bankruptcy.<ref>[http://www.mosinnagant.net/USSR/US-Mosin-Nagants.asp The American Mosin Nagants]</ref> Noting the explosive growth of business at the beginni

...at Revolver.jpg|thumb|The [[LeMat Revolver]], an unusual revolver from the American Civil War era with 9 revolving chambers firing bullets and a center barrel ...ment officers and security guards. Also, revolvers are still common in the American private sector as defensive and sporting/hunting firearms.

...on. These were often used by both the Confederate and Union forces in the American Civil War.]]

...d by arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms." ...g this time, he also made arrangements to begin building guns using proper gunsmiths from Baltimore. In 1832, at the age of 18, Colt applied for a patent on his

...tic pistol technically refers to a [[machine pistol]], although in popular American usage it is also used as a synonym for a semi-automatic pistol. In the case [[Image:Post 37 109 1900Left.sized.jpg|thumb|[[M1900]] [[American Eagle]] commercial re-creation of Georg Luger's Pistole Parabellum design]]