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...ver, necessitating a slightly different receiver cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier.<ref name="popeneker">Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. ''Assau ...Most military forces adopting the FAL eventually eliminated full-automatic firearms training in the light-barrel FAL.

...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

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...land|Finnish]] [[RK 62]], which itself was derived from the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[AK-47]] [[assault rifle]]. It was selected as the winner of a competiti

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...s-operated]], [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]-fed rifle, with a [[rotating bolt]], actuated by [[direct impingement]] [[gas operation]]. It is constructed

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[open bolt]] ...60 is an air-cooled and [[gas-operated]] machine gun firing from an [[open bolt]]. It [[Chamber|chambers]] the [[7.62x51mm NATO]] cartridge and feeds from

...In United States law, a Machine Gun is defined (in part) by The [[National Firearms Act]] of 1934, 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) as “''... any weapon which shoots ... ...nt of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century.

...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 ...ne pistols for clandestine missions in enemy territory, such as during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

|action= [[Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...ifles. With the development of the stamped Type 4 AKM receiver, and the [[Soviet Union]]'s call to each of the Warsaw Pact's nations to produce their own as

...rld.guns.ru/assault/as43-e.htm Valmet Rk. 62 / 76 / 95 (Finland)] - Modern Firearms</ref> |action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]

|image= Soviet RPK.JPEG |caption= The Soviet RPK LMG.

...came more or less a Commonwealth standard), the main difference being that rotating disc rear sight graduated from 200 to 600 yards and a two-piece firing pin. ...he L1A1 SLR rifle from the [[British Commonwealth]] c. 1969 to replace the bolt action [[Lee–Enfield]] rifle and [[Sten]] sub-machinegun, while the [[Roy

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...Vietnam War, Laotian Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Sri Lankan Civil War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Iran–Iraq War, Croatian War of Independence, Serbian-

|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]]

|origin= [[Soviet Union]] |action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]

|origin= [[Soviet Union]] |action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]]

|caption= The Soviet AKM rifle. |origin= [[Soviet Union]]

[[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