Search results

Some projects to reuse the MAS 49/56 as a semi automatic sniper rifle have been launched in 2007. ...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

...on was to make a larger gun. The largest bore guns in common use (and bore rifles with the advent of breech loading and rifling in the late 1800s) included t === Nitro Express rifles ===

...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, FAL rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations,

...://fnhusa1.com/PDF/FN_MIL_SCAR.pdf FN SCAR. The Next Generation of Assault Rifles], FNH USA</ref> ...ger Regiment was the first large unit deployed into combat with 600 of the rifles in 2009.<ref name="ArmyTimes200905">[http://armytimes.com/news/2009/05/army

...er Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]]) and [[Browning Arms Company]] (an American gun company founded by [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]]'s family). Tog In 1898 the company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]].

...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

...as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider ...secondary method of attack used in close combat. For example, arms such as rifles, muskets, and occasionally [[submachine gun]]s can have [[bayonet]]s affixe

... A Comparison of Results from Two Recent National Surveys''. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CN ...rotection. The importance of guns also derives from the role of hunting in American culture, which remains popular as a sport in the country today.<ref name="a

...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 * [[Howdah pistol]]s, often made from double-barrelled rifles.

...ries of [[handguns]] and the high-precision [[Heckler & Koch PSG1|PSG1]] [[sniper rifle]]. Heckler & Koch is known for the extreme precision, durability, rel ...my). In 1991 in the wake of the cancellation of the [[HK G41|G41]] and G11 rifles, H&K was bought by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division. Their major

... bullets, especially those intended for use at high velocity in centerfire rifles, are ''jacketed'', i.e. a portion of the lead-cored bullet is wrapped in a ...ef name="gunzone">[http://www.thegunzone.com/opentip-ammo.html Memorandum: Sniper Use of Open-Tip Ammunition], W. Hays Parks, Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG

...S. Repeating Arms closed the New Haven, Connecticut plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the [[American]] [[gun grabber]] [[Carolyn McCarthy]] (D-NY) took [[Assault Weapons Ban an

... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. ...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser

... also ''Knight's Manufacturing Company'') is an [[United States of America|American]] [[firearm]]s and firearms parts manufacturer. ...pular firearms, including the American [[M16 Rifle|M16]]/[[M4 Carbine|M4]] rifles and the popular [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series sub-machine guns. The RIS/RAS

...>M1912 Short Rifle<br/>M1923 Sniper Rifle<br/>M1925 Sniper Rifle<br/>M1930 Sniper Rifle ...e Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the magazine of the Krag-Jørgens

...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref> |variants= SMLE Mk III*, (HT) Telescopic Sighted Sniper Rifle, Mk III* Grenade-Launching Rifle

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

...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war ...''': .45ACP calibre pistol of Browning design, standard service pistol of American forces until recent replacement by the Beretta 92FS (M9) in the late 1980s,

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

...iants and related designs|M14K]], [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]], [[XM25 Sniper Rifle|XM25]] ...is for the [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]] and [[M25 Sniper Rifle|M25]] [[sniper rifle]]s.