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...uve des Armes à Feu Portatives''' (Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing - commonly abbreviated as C.I.P. or CIP) is an international organi To achieve this, the firearms are all professionally [[proof test|proofed]] at a C.I.P. accredited [[Proo

==Firearms== ...s [[Ruger]], [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Uberti]], and [[U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.]]<ref name="GD"/>

...fety, pushing to one side to select top barrel first and the other side to select bottom barrel first. ...legal issues here. '''''Regulation''''' is a term used for multi-barreled firearms that indicates how close to the same point of aim the barrels will shoot.

...chine gun]]s to be safely carried during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire from dug-in [[United Kingdom|British]] defenders (largely [[New Zealand]]er In 1941, the German Air Force (''Luftwaffe''), requested a [[selective fire]] hand-held weapon for the paratroopers; Senior Staff Air Secretary Ossenba

... NATO]] [[Self-loading rifle|self-loading]], (with exceptions) [[selective fire]] [[rifle]] produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer [[Fabrique Natio ...e first '''FN FAL''' prototype was completed. It was initially designed to fire the intermediate [[7.92x33mm Kurz]] cartridge developed and used by the for

...red at End of 2008, All Gone]</ref><ref>[http://www.fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/family.asp?fid=FNF054&gid=FNG006 FNHUSA.com SCAR Semi-auto]</ref> This vers ...nment." The purpose of the shootoff was for assessing future needs, not to select a replacement for the M4.<ref>[http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,

... company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]]. ====Semi-automatic and select-fire rifles====

... all [[AK-47]]s, and [[Uzi submachine gun|Uzi]]s) and other semi-automatic firearms because they possess a minimum set of features from the following list of f ...at is, rifles that are capable of either semi-automatic or fully-automatic fire), firing intermediate-power rounds (such as the 5.56x45mm NATO, or 7.62x39m

...s use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of [[smoothbore]] [[shotgun]]s) have [[rifling| ...ny regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider any firearm which dispenses more than o

...ext few years, Glock expanded its 9 mm product line, developing the select-fire [[Glock 18]] in 1986 and the Glock 17L and Glock 19 in 1988.<ref name="Gloc ...o be very reliable, being able to function under extreme conditions and to fire a wide range of ammunition types. The simplicity of the Glock design contr

...ty from World War 2 are thought to constitute the largest share of illegal firearms. ...s/publications/yearb2007.html] incorrectly claims there are some 3 million firearms in Finland[http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=17243&g

... Survey 2007: Guns and the City - Chapter 2:Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms"]. Small Arms Survey.</ref><ref>[http://www.edutube.org/interactive/guns-10 ...gun-and-firearms-laws-justice-culture-and-crime-foreign-countries "Gun and Firearms Laws, Justice, Culture and Crime in Foreign Countries"]</ref><ref>Dave Kope

...f people without licences, own and use New Zealand's estimated 1.1 million firearms.<ref>"Kiwis go for the big guns", Dominion Post, Tuesday 7 November 2006. Q == Current firearm law<ref>From the [http://www.police.govt.nz/service/firearms/arms-code.pdf Arms Code]</ref> ==

...acterized by stalemate between those who believe in an individual right to firearms and those who believe in the duty of government to legislate gun laws to pr ...) The Influence of Fear of Crime, Gender, and Southern Culture on Carrying Firearms for Protection. The Sociological Quarterly 31 (2) , 287–305</ref>

...me precision, durability, reliability and accuracy of their firearms. All firearms made by H&K are named by a prefix and the official designation, with suffix ...onal rifling]]. Most believe that Austrian company [[Glock]] was the first firearms manufacturer to use polymers in their hand guns, however it was Heckler & K

|action= [[Gas operated]] rotary breech, Select fire ...lts indicated that the use of serially fired projectiles at a high rate of fire would achieve the tight shotgun-like pattern with rifle-like accuracy up to

|feed= 20-round detachable box [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] ...E Model B''' which received several modifications including the ability to fire from a closed bolt in both semi-automatic and automatic firing modes, a new

...ventually replace the G3, therefore further development of H&K's series of firearms chambered for the [[5.56x45mm NATO]] cartridge had been halted. Heckler & K ...S” – safe, “E” – semi-automatic fire and “F” – continuous fire.<ref name="woźniak">Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palne

...ment." The purpose of the shoot-off was for assessing future needs, not to select a replacement for the M4.<ref>Lowe, Christian (2007-06-27). [http://www.mil ...es makes the weapon unintentionally fire at fully automatic even if set to fire at semi-automatic. The bolt when locked in the back position, can unintenti

... (short for ''Maschinenpistole 5'') was created within the fourth group of firearms, initially known as the '''HK54'''. ...ier bolt carrier lies up against the bolt head when the weapon is ready to fire and inclined planes on the front locking piece lie between the rollers and