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... Africa, manufactured and issued both designs at various times. Unlike the Russian AK-47 assault rifle, the FAL utilized a heavier full-power [[rifle]] [[cart ...ver, necessitating a slightly different receiver cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier.<ref name="popeneker">Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. ''Assau

...e non-rotating [[bolt]] head. Dual-opposed locking lugs on the rear of the bolt. ...': One-piece [[firing pin]] powered by a coil mainspring. Cocks on closing bolt.

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...he rifle was redesigned yet again to incorporate a Garand-style [[rotating bolt]] and operating rod.

...s hard to draw, the term submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that ...ine pistol introduced into the Russian army in 1951. Like the other common Russian army pistol of this era, the Makarov, the Stechkin uses a simple unlocked b

...m and not easily removable. This type of magazine is found most often on [[bolt-action]] rifles. An internal box magazine is usually charged through the ac ...gazines can still be found today, commonly in shotguns, rimfire rifles, or firearms designed to use round-nose, flat-nose, or otherwise soft-pointed bullets. T

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] }}The '''RPK''' (''Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova'', Russian: ''Ручной пулемёт Калашникова'' or "Kalashnikov han

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...as. In fact, the Type 56 was discovered in enemy hands far more often than Russian-made AK-47s or AKMs. When relations between China and the North Vietnam gov

...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

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-actuated]], [[rotating bolt]], balanced recoil system |feed= 30-round detachable box [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]

|action= [[Gas-Operated|Gas-actuated]], rotating bolt |feed= 30 round [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]], BARS system |feed= 30-round detachable box [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...he development of countless many other types of individual and crew-served firearms. It was one of the first true assault rifles and, due to its durability and

|caption= The AK-74M, the current rifle of the Russian Armed Forces. |action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]

|action= [[Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...in 1959, the AKM is the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms and it has found widespread use with most member states of the former Warsa

[[Image:openboltcropped.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Half-opened bolt on a [[Winchester Model 70]].]] ...closed. Bolt action firearms are most often [[rifle]]s, but there are some bolt-action [[shotgun]]s as well. Examples of this system date back to the 19th

[[Image:Breech 122m10 hameenlinna 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Breech from Russian 122 mm M1910 howitzer, modified and combined with 105mm H37 howitzer barrel ...breech-loading (though [[mortar]]s are generally all muzzle-loaded). Early firearms were almost entirely muzzle-loading. The main advantage of breech-loading