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Inherent design flaws in early 17th century [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[leather cannon]]s led to the gun tube bec Cooking off is a characteristic of certain [[machine gun]]s, especially those firing from a closed bolt, that are air-cooled, an

...s.dll/article?AID=/20080319/METRO/323214004/1001 Court weighs right to own guns]''; [http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-a-constitutional-right-to-a-gun Cou ...1701055.html "Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns"] by Paul Duggan, ''The Washington Post'', March 18 2007</ref>

...s a more practical design in the days of [[muzzle-loading]] [[firearm]]s. Early [[cartridge]] shotguns also used the SxS action, because they kept the expo The early doubles used two triggers, one for each barrel. These were located front t

== Early use == ...auge- such as 10, 8 and 6 or even 4-[[gauge (bore diameter)|gauge]] or the guns were named by projectile weight in ounces. The projectiles were lead round

==Early life== ...teer him towards less dangerous pursuits, the young Owen was obsessed with guns; with making, modifying, and firing them. At the age of eight he began his

|caption= Both early (top) and late-war (bottom) variants of the FG 42. |variants= Early model (original Rheinmetall- Borsig design), late model (Krieghoff revision

...offspring chambering the [[5.56x45mm NATO]] cartridge was developed in the early 1980s; it was dubbed the [[FARA 83]] (Fusil Automatico Republica Argentina) ...unmilled receivers, a feature which simplifies production and lowers cost. Early FN made FALs for Brazil are typical FN 1964 models with Type 1 or Type 2 re

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|caption= An early M249 version of the Minimi |type= [[Light machine gun]]

...acturer of motor vehicles in Belgium, cars were produced in Herstal in the early 20th century, production of FN motorcycles continued until 1965, trucks unt The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a li

The [[Ross Rifle Company|Ross Rifle Co.]] made sporting rifles from early in its production, most notably chambered in [[.280 Ross]], introduced in 1 In early 1909 it was decided to adapt the <i>Rifle Ross Mk II with Sight, Ross Mk II

...round with a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, hav For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann

...owning Hi-Power]], [[Heckler & Koch USP|HK USP]], [[Glock]], [[M2 Browning machine gun]], [[MG42]], Ceska Zbrojovka [[Vz. 52 (pistol)|Vz 52]], [[M82 Barrett r *'''Blish Lock''' - early [[Thompson submachine gun]]s

...ome [[XM177]] models. An example of a cone-shaped hider is on the [[Bren]] machine gun. ...lso evident on the [[Bren]] LMG and on the turret-mounted aircraft machine guns of British WWII heavy bombers, which were used mostly at night.

|type= Early [[machine gun]] ...m the report of Captain Lloyd, R. A., commanding a battery of four Gardner guns in the Third Burmese War.</ref>

... barrel. The [[Maxim gun]], invented in 1884, was the first self-powered [[machine gun]]. The first Gatling gun relied on a hand crank for external power. Som ...cticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in 1885 for use ag

...gned for that role. In modern practice, they are air-cooled medium machine guns firing rifle cartridges such as the [[7.62x51mm NATO]]. They are generally ... used as a GPMG traces back to World War I, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazines on aircr

===Early life=== ...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille

...ock GmbH''' (trademarked as '''GLOCK''') is a weapons manufacturer of hand guns that are trade marked as the 'Safe Action Pistol'. Glock is headquartered i ... tools for the Austrian Army.<ref name="GlockFaqTimeline" /> When, in the early 1980s, the Austrian Army requested a pistol model, Glock responded with the

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