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... dimensional tolerance limits these problems are often avoided with (semi) automatic and repeating arms. The locking mechanism normally compensates a light over ...witch barrel rifles and some rifle owners reported ΔL problems with those rifles. These problems can also occur with other European made rifle brands.

The '''Fusil Automatique Léger''' (Light Automatic Rifle) or '''FAL''' is a [[7.62x51 NATO]] [[Self-loading rifle|self-loading ...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,

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] |cartridge= 9x17mm Browning ([[.380 ACP]])<br>7.65x17mm Browning ([[.32 ACP]])

...iaries , FN HERSTAL, active in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U.S. Repeating Arms Co., specializing in hunting /shooting marksmanship a ...hip with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]].

...ly, an automatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau ...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

...aami>[http://saami.org/LL/CA-AB352.cfm AB 352 Defines As "Unsafe" Any Semi-Automatic Pistol Not Microstamped] [[SAAMI]]</ref> ...d markings, as would gas operated designs (rare in handguns, but common in rifles) using a rotating bolt.

...|thumb|A [[Browning Arms Company|Browning]] [[9x19mm Parabellum|9x19mm]] [[Browning Hi-Power|Hi-Power]] ]] ..., [[revolver]]s, [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]], or [[machine pistol]]s.

|name= Huot-Ross automatic rifle |image= Huot Automatic Rifle.jpg

...re in the development of modern [[Automatic firearm|automatic]] and [[semi-automatic firearm]]s and is credited with 128 [[Firearm|gun]] patents — his first w ...Automatic Rifle]], and a ground-breaking semi-automatic [[shotgun]], the [[Browning Auto-5]].

...in Firearms|Marlin]] and [[Savage Arms|Savage]]- also produce lever-action rifles. While the term ''lever-action'' generally implies a repeating firearm, it ...-located hammer rather than the offset hammer typical of [[muzzleloading]] rifles, and this hammer was cocked by the rearward movement of the Henry's bolt.

...a support weapon, in that it can generate a greater volume of continuous [[automatic fire]] than the usual firearms carried by infantry soldiers, at the cost of ...pecially those derived from automatic rifles, such as the [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]]) were sometimes [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]-fed. Some LMG's, su

==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles== *Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 ([[Mondragon]]) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)

...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war * '''[[Browning Hi-Power|Browning HP]]''': A 9 mm pistol in service with many nations prior to World War II,

;Rifles *[[FN M1903|FN Browning M1903]]

*[[Atchisson Assault Shotgun|AA12]] (US - Automatic Shotgun - 12 gauge) ...r Dynamics SAC]] (Australia - Semi-Auto Carbine - 5.56 mm NATO: Australian Automatic Arms)

|type= [[Automatic rifle]] / [[select-fire]] [[battle rifle]] ...r, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s.

... cartridge in [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]]- or [[Automatic firearm|full-automatic]] modes. This took place in the early 1960s, with major fielding by the Arm ...gned M855/M856 cartridge. The M16A2 is a select fire rifle capable of semi-automatic or three-round bursts and incorporating design elements desired by the Mari

...ilar to that of a lever action rifle. The earliest prototype developed by Browning in early 1889 was a .44 caliber [[black powder]] cartridge rifle, weighing ...type lever mechanism was offered to [[Colt Manufacturing Company|Colt]] by Browning in 1892. The lever was moved back, and power was supplied by a gas port ab

... 1072 stamp. The cartridges shown are the [[.45 ACP]] (left) and [[7.65 mm Browning]]/[[.32 ACP]] (right). Confiscated early 2004 in or around Al-Qurna, Iraq, |designer= [[John M. Browning]]

|name= Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918 |caption= Browning M1918A2