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  • .... The United States military tested the design against other semiautomatic pistols by European makers, and adopted some versions for trial use. The M1900 and Unlike the designs of other early automatic pistols, Browning's design used a full length slide that covered the full length of
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  • ...1900]], and would transition from the 1900 into three distinct but related pistols with the same action and cartridge, the 1902 Sporting Model, the 1902 Mili ...e U.S. military enough to lead to the purchase of a few hundred Model 1900 pistols for testing, evaluation and limited field trial issue, however, the limitat
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  • |cartridge= [[7.92x57mm Mauser]] ...'Luftwaffe'' favoured the long-range potential of the standard [[7.92x57mm Mauser]] rifle round and this caliber was one of the main design prerequisites.<re
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  • ... to manufacture 150,000 [[Mauser#Models 89/90/91 and Experimental Model 92|Mauser Model 89]] [[rifle]]s ordered by the Belgian Government. ... [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.
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  • ...ion in order to retain the C&R designation, so for example, an unaltered [[Mauser]] [[Kar98k]] rifle used by the German Army in World War II would be conside ...e Internet, or in person. (This is especially important for collectors of pistols and revolvers since they may not otherwise be acquired outside a collector'
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  • [[Small arm]]: [[Mauser]] 98 chambered in [[7 x 57 mm Mauser|7 x 57 mm]] weighing 4.54 kilograms (10 pounds). ===Pistols and shotguns===
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  • Some handgun subtypes include [[single-shot]] pistols, [[revolver]]s, [[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully a ...tol" refers to a handgun whose chamber is integral with the barrel, making pistols distinct from the other main type of handgun, the [[revolver]], which has a
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  • ...eckler]], [[Theodor Koch]], and Alex Seidel in 1949 from the remnants of [[Mauser]], and the company was registered in 1950. In the beginning, the company pr ...Homeland Security (DHS) , worth a potential $26.2 million for up to 65,000 pistols. This contract ranks as the single largest handgun procurement contract i
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  • |designer= [[Mauser]], [[CETME]], [[Heckler & Koch]] ...n be traced back to the end of World War II when engineers at the German [[Mauser]] factory designed the [[7.92x33mm Kurz|7.92 mm]] [[StG45]] [[assault rifle
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  • ... low-velocity [[pistol]]s and [[shotgun]]s, medium-rate powders for magnum pistols and light [[rifle]] rounds, and slow powders for large-bore heavy rifle rou ...ract their full efficiency, although they are also chambered in rifle-like pistols (single shot or bolt action) with barrels of 10 to 15 inches (25 to 38 cm).
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  • *[[Mauser C96]] *[[Mauser#Models 89/90/91 and Experimental Model 92|Mauser Model 89]]
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  • *[[Alfa Model 44]] (Spain - MMG - 7.92 x 57 mm Mauser) *[[Astra 900]] (Spain - Pistol - 7.63 x 25 mm Mauser: Mauser C96 variant)
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  • ...man Army designation '''Pistole 08''') was examined; however, unlike the [[Mauser C96]], which was converted in great numbers to ''Reihenfeuerpistolen'', the ... it was being replaced by the [[Walther P38]] starting in 1938. In 1930, [[Mauser]] took over manufacture of the P.08 (until 1943).<ref>Fitzsimons, p.1778.</
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  • ... In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life. ...e pre-eminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols.
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  • |cartridge= [[7.92x57mm Mauser]] ...ervice with [[Nazi Germany]] in 1942, during World War II. The [[7.92x57mm Mauser|7.92 mm]] [[rifle]] [[caliber]] weapon was developed from, and was intended
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  • ...is article is about full auto or burst-capable pistols. For semi-automatic pistols, see [[Semi-automatic pistol]].'' ...n term for a [[submachine gun]]. While the dividing line between machine [[pistols]] and compact submachine guns is hard to draw, the term submachine gun usua
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  • [[Image:Mauser logo.gif|right|Mauser Logo (Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH)]]'''Mauser''' is the common name of a [[Germany|German]] arms manufacturer, maker of a ...r a time before being merged into ''Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh''. The Mauser name has also sometimes been licensed by other companies.
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  • |name= Mauser C96 |image= Mauser C96 M1916 Red 9 7.JPG
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  • ...e handgun categories include approximately half of the [[revolvers]] and [[pistols]] owned in [[Canada]]. There are specific provisions listed in [[section 1 ...i-automatic [[centre-fire]] long arms or ten cartridges for semi-automatic pistols has become an offence equivalent to owning an unregistered [[machine gun]].
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  • ...d too limited in effectiveness for the role. In the First World War, the [[Mauser C96]] and artillery versions of the [[Luger pistol]] were issued with attac ...ch MP5K-PDW]] and the [[Jatimatic|GG-95 PDW]].<ref name=CWEG90 /> Standard pistols and submachine guns chambered for pistol rounds had proven ineffective agai
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