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|wars= Indian wars, Spanish-American war, Philippine-American War ...d for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]], and adopted

...ttp://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/uniforms_firearms/firearms/98k/k98index.htm Firearms of the Wehrmacht - Mauser Karabiner 98]</ref> ...scopic sight body for unimpaired operation of the three-position [[safety (firearms)|safety catch lever]]. This ergonomic problem was solved by mounting the te

Manufacturers markings are as follows: ... usually due to either an improperly installed or poorly chambered barrel (Spanish Mausers are infamous in this regard) or just the wear and tear of many year

...ubtedly the [[Winchester rifle]], but many manufacturers- notably [[Marlin Firearms|Marlin]] and [[Savage Arms|Savage]]- also produce lever-action rifles. Whi ...ar in the 1930s. Typically, these were Winchester or Winchester copies of Spanish manufacture.

... matter of debate, as is the impact of the Mausers encountered in the 1898 Spanish American War. What is known is that the Mauser design that competed in the ...jectory, and a higher muzzle velocity (about 2300 ft/s) from the 7 x 57 mm Spanish Mauser cartridge.

...f revolvers then in service. The United States of America was adopting new firearms at a phenomenal rate; several new handguns and two all-new service rifles ( ...mi-automatic in operation. This led to the 1906 trials of pistols from six firearms manufacturing companies (namely, [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[B

...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 ...of the first commercially successful and practical semi-automatic pistols, Spanish gunmakers in the late 1920s introduced "select fire" copies of the C96 with

..., [[Fabrique Nationale]], one of the world's major firearms developers and manufacturers, was established in [[1889]] in order to manufacture the 150,000 Mauser Mod ...p of the open bolt. The new 7x57mm round became the standard round for the Spanish armed forces, as well as for the militaries of several Latin American natio

|wars= Second Boer War, World War I, [[World War II]], Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, Anglo-Irish War ...nd Handgun'' January 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.1896mauser.com/spanish.htm Spanish Guns] - 1896mauser.com</ref>

...urrent legislation is restrictive by nature,<ref>[http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/spain Spain: Gun Facts, Figures and the Law]</ref> most effort is pl ...atened to introduce significant modifications to [[firearms regulations]] (firearms are governed by special regulations rather than statutory law). Although th

... had had such a reputation during the First World War. However, during the Spanish Civil War, the effectiveness and dangers of snipers once again came to the During Operation Enduring Freedom, Spanish Navy Marine snipers shot cables hanging from the mast to the bridge of the

During the Spanish-American War, it was recognized that the Spanish [[Mauser]], Model of 1893, exhibited characteristics superior to the "trapd ...n Geneseo, Illinois. Springfield Inc.'s motto "The Oldest Name In American Firearms" while technically true, is misleading since the company has no connection

...al ballistics]]). Like the cloth or paper patch used in [[muzzleloading]] firearms, the paper patch fell off soon after the bullet left the bore. Paper patch ...pon obsolete as a military rifle. It was last used in quantity during the Spanish-American War, and was not completely purged from the inventory until well i

...d on the civilian market. These weapons were taken into service during the Spanish civil war. the Spanish army, considering that [[Campo Giro]] became obsolete, an invitation to ten

...iales Especiales'' (Center for Technical Studies and Special Materials), a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in ma [[Image:Spanish sailor with CETME C DN-SC-92-00563.jpg|thumb|right|Spanish sailor with CETME C rifle.]]

|products= [[firearms]] ...nown for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. It has made many civ