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...rcially. Variations included the '''Model 1902 Sporting''', '''Model 1902 Military''', '''Model 1903 Pocket''' (in .38 ACP; the .32 ACP model was a different ...03" .41 cal. pistols, conversions of Model 1902 Military Models (the 1902 Military was an improved M1900/02), for the cartridge before the development of the

|caption= The Military Model 1902. |length= 9 in (228.6 mm) (Military Model)<br>8.9 in (226.1 mm) (Sporting Model)

...mpany, today [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]], and adopted as the standard military service revolver until 1892. ...y Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and adopted as the standard military service revolver. Its original moniker was the "New Model Army Metallic Car

...American colonies. As use of the blunderbuss declined the United States military began to load [[buck and ball]], and fowling pieces were commonly used by m ...e Germans carried out their threat, and that was the only challenge to the military legality of the shotgun.

...e sold to consumers. The same applies for cartridges, at regular interval, cartridges are tested at the C.I.P. accredited [[Proof House]]s. ...ing of the tested firearm. For example aspects like the correct cycling of cartridges etc. are not part of the proofing process.

...factured replicas, used in the sport are of the pre-1900 American West and Military eras. ...stumes or clothing of the [[American west]] or Classic B-Western Movies or military cavalry uniforms of any time period or country.

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...eing referred to as "sixguns"), but some small frame revolvers only hold 5 cartridges, due to the smaller overall size of the gun and reduced space availability. ...s would be held in the left hand while the right hand was free to load the cartridges.

Even with the advent of smaller, higher powered cartridges made possible by the use of [[smokeless powder]] rather than the [[Gunpowde ...r unique combination of high power, large capacity, and tiny size. Another military pistol that is truly a derringer design is the [[FP-45 Liberator]], a .45 A

The '''Designated Marksman (DM)''' is a military [[marksman]] role in a U.S. infantry squad. The term ''sniper'' is used in ...tain the original chambering in the relatively less-powerful assault rifle cartridges, ensuring ammunition commonality within the squad.

...nce of severe expansion in flesh based on analysis of British hunting (not military) rounds. This provided a competitive advantage for the newly developed Germ ...rtress of Longwy, my troops discovered there thousands of [[Dum-dum|dumdum cartridges]] made by special government machinery.<br/><br/>

...an be measured in tens of feet within the accurate range of many [[rifle]] cartridges, so knowledge of the flight characteristics of the bullet and the distance ...ions that study the ballistic behaviour of a limited number of (intended) military issue projectiles. Calculated 6 DOF trends can be incorporated as correctio

...vernment-owned [[Nexter]] group. It is the [[service rifle]] of the French military. ...until enough FAMAS rifles were produced to begin general issue. The French military finally accepted the rifle in 1978 as the standard French combat weapon.

By [[2003]], the P90 was in use with military and police forces in over 25 countries worldwide.<ref name="gourley2003">Go ...ce the [[pistol]]-caliber submachine guns which were in use at the time by military and law enforcement personnel, as it had become evident that such weapons w

...us distinction of quite possibly being the most despised rifle in Canadian military history. ==Military variants==

...just look at the name of this website), but usually only by civilians. In military use, a gun is an [[artillery]] piece with a relatively high [[muzzle veloci ...he late Renaissance has relied upon firearms, with wide-ranging effects on military history and history in general. This created a whole new kind of battle, wh

...nt cartridges are ejected, these microscopic markings are imprinted on the cartridges, which can then be recovered by police and examined by forensic ballistics ...upon which to accept the identifying engraving, although for factory-fresh cartridges, the same information will be available in legible form on both the primer

...andescent gases to the sides, away from the line of sight of the shooter. Military forces engaging in night combat are still quite visible at a distance when ...a lower projectile velocity. Muzzle flash can also be controlled by using cartridges with a faster-burning gunpowder, so that the propellant gases will already

...odel 1840 U.S. musket was the last flintlock firearm produced for the U.S. military although there is evidence obsolete flintlocks were seeing action in the ea ...all, but it could also be loaded with [[Lead shot|shot]] for hunting. For military purposes, the weapon was loaded with ball, or a mixture of ball with severa

...e [[7.62x39mm]] [[rifle]] and round-nosed for the [[7.62x25mm]] [[pistol]] cartridges.]] ... of the Swiss Army in 1883. Full metal jacket ammunition is acceptable for military use by the countries that signed the Hague Convention of 1899, which prohib