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... have legislated '''gun (firearm) laws''', independent of existing federal firearms laws. Some have also created so-called assault weapon bans that are indepen ...onal Instant Criminal Background Check System|NICS]] check when purchasing firearms. The term "Alaska Carry" has been used to describe laws which require no li

...volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as a [[propellant]] in [[firearms]] and fireworks. ...s that approximated black powder in terms of chamber pressure when used in firearms, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and combustion products; th

...tisement.]]The '''H. W. Cooey Machine & Arms Company''' was a [[Canadian]] firearms manufacturer located in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, from 1903 until 1961. In ... simple arithmetic indicates that Cooey manufactured approximately 321,000 firearms from 1919-63 and 11,680,000 from 1963-79, for a total of almost 12 million

...,<ref>Hogg, Ian V.: ''The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Firearms'', Page 215. A&W Publishers, 1978</ref> although it remained in British ser ...an V.:Hogg, Ian V.: ''The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Firearms'', Page 215. A&W Publishers, 1978</ref> which force the operator to move hi

...risdictions a proof test and valid proof mark are required for the sale of firearms. ... added to the barrel. In the case of [[revolver]]s or other multi-chamber firearms, each chamber must be proof tested before the firearm may be marked. Exami

|products= [[Firearms]], [[Ammunition]], Accessories ...ufacturer in North America. It is the only US company which produces both firearms and ammunition domestically, and is the largest US producer of shotguns and

...um run by the National Park Service, as the '''Springfield Armory National Historic Site'''. Some of the Armory buildings house Springfield Technical Community ...n Geneseo, Illinois. Springfield Inc.'s motto "The Oldest Name In American Firearms" while technically true, is misleading since the company has no connection

...ent [[United States|American]] maker of [[semi-automatic firearm|repeating firearms]] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. ...[T.C. Johnson]], was instrumental in the development of these self-loading firearms and indeed went on to assist with the design of the Winchester [[Winchester

...s, and as such the Winchester name has become synonymous with lever-action firearms. The gun is colloquially known as '''"The Gun that Won the West"''', thoug ...r in the case rim, thus creating one of the most significant inventions in firearms history, the metallic [[rimfire]] cartridge.<ref>Smith's cartridge was deri

...[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms inventor [[John Browning]], and later patented by ''[[Fabrique Nationale de ...r "Hi-Power" or "High-Power"<ref>[http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?value=007B&cat_id=051&type_id=003 Browning Catalog]</ref>) or as

|products= [[firearms]] ...nown for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. It has made many civ