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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

sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling, adaptor. These rifles occasionally appear in Shotgun News (in the

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine.

... continues to move rearwards relative to the barrel. This action opens the bolt, and pulls the belt of ammunition through the weapon, readying it to fire a ...ngle-shot firing (the gunner must press the bolt latch release to send the bolt forward). In either mode the gun is fired by pressing the butterfly trigger

...-round en-bloc clip, [[M14 rifle]]s 20-round magazine, AR-15/M16 series of rifles 20- and 30-round magazines.]] ...e rotary "tube" magazine found on many [[lever-action]] and semi-automatic rifles and [[shotgun]]s. A particular firearm may use multiple types of magazine,

|action= [[Gas operated]], long stroke, rotating bolt; semi-automatic ...haped pattern on the side, rather than the waffle style stamp found on the Russian and Chinese magazines. The magazines, though they look similar in shape and

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...and AKM by the fully-enclosed hooded front [[sight]] (all other AK pattern rifles, including those made in [[Russia]], have a partially open front sight). Ma

... to the '''Winchester Model 1873''' or the '''[[Winchester Model 1894]]''' rifles. Winchester rifles were among the earliest [[repeating rifle]]s, and as such the Winchester na

|action= [[Gas-actuated]] (rotating bolt) ...Serbia]]. The M70 is designed on the basis of famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]], which has been proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-actuated]], [[rotating bolt]], balanced recoil system ...against the [[AN-94]], mainly due to being underdeveloped at the time, the Russian army has begun field trials of this weapon. The AN-94 assault rifle has a s

|action= [[Gas-Operated|Gas-actuated]], rotating bolt ...re also present in the [[AK-103]] and the rest of the [[AK-10X]] series of rifles.

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] The AK-103 is most likely in limited service with select units in the Russian Army Spetsnaz, due to the good armor and cover penetration of the [[7.62x39

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]], BARS system ...gned by Youriy Alexandrov, for [[Mikhail Kalashnikov|Kalashnikov]]-pattern rifles.

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...ssault rifle.<ref name="poyer">Poyer, Joe. The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). North Cape Publications. 2004. pp1.</ref>

|action= [[Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...arsaw Pact and its many African and Asian allies. The production of Soviet rifles was carried out at both the [[Tula Arms Plant|Tula Arsenal]] and [[Izhevsk

[[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 ...son rifle]], a breech-loading flintlock weapon. Roughly two hundred of the rifles were manufactured and used in the Battle of Brandywine, during the American