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...West Sixguns". ''Guns Magazine'' 23 (5): 48.</ref> Specifications for 20th-century smokeless loads set velocity with a 255-grain (16.5 g) round-nosed flat-poi ...nd other vintage arms chambered for the 45 Colt cartridge, especially 19th-century "pre-smokeless" revolvers which should be fired (if at all) only with black

...shotgun shell]] provide increased hit probability unmatched by other small arms.<ref name=jscsp>[http://jagcnet.army.mil/JAGCNETINTERNET/HOMEPAGES/AC/ARMYL ...the 16th century by the Germans, the blunderbuss was used through the 18th century in warfare by British, Austrian, and Prussian regiments, as well as in the

... century, the first time in London ([[England]]), then later, in the 17-th century in Liège ([[Belgium]]). At that time, proofing was executed by "[[proofer] * To adopt the most modern measuring techniques for the arms and ammunition testing procedures;

CAS requires competitors to use [[firearm]]s typical of the mid- to late 19th century: single action [[revolver]]s, [[Lever-action|lever action]] [[rifle]]s cham ...uger]], [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Uberti]], and [[U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.]]<ref name="GD"/>

...Control Regulations Act of 1975]] infringe an individual's [[right to bear arms]] as protected by the Second Amendment. District Court for the District of ...ed States history to directly address whether the [[right to keep and bear arms]] is a right of individuals or a collective right that applies only to stat

...n and continued to be used up until ivory hunting died off in the mid 20th century. Thereafter, they largely switched roles to tools for game wardens and as b ...uch more powerful, though they are not generally considered useful hunting arms being that their weight usually exceeds 25 lb (11 kg).

|known_for = Designing the [[AR-10]], [[AR-15]], [[M16]], and other [[small arms]] ...e United States’ most successful military firearms designers of the 20th century.

...eener, for example, splits British sporting rifles at the turn of the 20th century into four classes:<ref name=greener /> ...ction on the importation of .450 ammunition into India intended to prevent arms reaching rebellious natives.

During the late 1980's, Century Arms imported a very small number of semi-automatic FAMAS' into the United State *[http://www.remtek.com/arms/famas/index.htm REMTEK]

...ave many improvements over those produced by FN and others in the mid-20th-century (for comparison, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ModernparaFAL.JPG The Australian L1A1/L2A1 rifles were produced by the Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, with approximately 220,000 L1A1 rifles produced between 1

...Nationale de Herstal]] (FN) and produced in [[Belgium]] at the turn of the century. It was the first production handgun to use a [[pistol slide|slide]]. The design was presented to arms manufacturer [[FN Herstal]] in 1898, with production commencing the followi

In 1961 the [[Royal Small Arms Factory]], Enfield&mdash;now British Aerospace&mdash;in the United Kingdom, ...), following trials in 1957. Built under license originally by Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock and currently by Manroy Engineering,<ref>http://www.m

...y each infantry section. All are made by [[Colt Canada|Diemaco]]<ref name="Arms">[http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/producers/Producer ...port weapon. The LMG is often fitted with a 4x [[SUSAT]] (Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux) optical sight. It is also used by the Royal Navy, Royal Marines Com

...ame="miller2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. London: Salamander Books Ltd.. ISBN 9781840652451.</ref> The P90's ...www.global-defence.com/2002/weap-herstal.html Big Scale Progress for Small Arms]. Global Defence Review, 2002</ref><ref name="fortierusg02">Fortier, David.

...e in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U.S. Repeating Arms Co., specializing in hunting /shooting marksmanship and outdoor sporting go ...motor vehicles in Belgium, cars were produced in Herstal in the early 20th century, production of FN motorcycles continued until 1965, trucks until 1970.

...e breech). This type of action is used in heavy artillery as well as small arms. ...uger No. 1]]. Falling-block action military rifles were common in the 19th century. They were replaced for military use by the faster [[bolt action]] rifles,

...erted to their [[Winchester Model 1894|Model 1894]] [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchesters]] and [[Lee–Metford]]s in [[1906]]. ...ve a LU prefix. Another 907 rifles were fitted with [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]] A5 telescopic sights. Both telescopic sights were mounted offset

...ains explosives itself. The use of expanding (e.g. [[hollow-point]]) small-arms ammunition in warfare is banned by the Hague Convention. For modern artille ...the first World War it had become the primary form of ammunition for small arms, tanks, and artillery. Mortars use a similar concept of encapsulation; howe

...te, the right of the people to [[Right to keep and bear arms|keep and bear Arms]], shall not be infringed.'' ...ghts in 1791 until 1905, some U.S. State courts understood a right to bear arms that belonged to individuals and not just to members of militias (whether o