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...ed States|American]] [[firearm]]s designer who developed many varieties of firearms, [[cartridges]], and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around ...rearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of autoloading firearms. He developed the autoloading pistol by inventing the [[pistol slide|slide]

Samuel Colt, arguably one of the most influential firearms designers in American history, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on this day in [[181

A distinctive feature of the Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the m The 1880s were an interesting period in the development of modern firearms. During this decade [[smokeless powder]] came into general use, and the cal

...le fragments, producing an unintended shotgun effect. As a result, weapons designers experimented with small vent holes drilled into the Krummlauf's barrel in o [[Category:Trial and research firearms]]

...', he is noted as the designer of several 'scaled-down' versions of larger firearms. He is largely responsible for the [[M16 rifle|M16]], [[Stoner 63]], and [ [[Category:American firearms designers]]

...|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]s are also generally not considered assault rifles. This list i | colspan="5"| In the 1990s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for d

...940. This led to a competition in 1941 by major U.S. firearm companies and designers. [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]] at first did not submit a ...ice during the 1960s, when the M1 carbine would be replaced by the 5.56 mm firearms — the M16 and its carbine variants, such as the [[Colt Commando|XM177/CAR

...n.<ref>Popenker, Max. "[http://world.guns.ru/smg/de/mp3-mp40-e.html Modern Firearms — MP-38 and MP-40 submachine guns]".</ref> * As the design of the [[M3 submachine gun]] started, the designers looked at [[Sten]] guns and captured MP 40s. The M3 used a copy of the Sten

...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 ... each pull of the trigger for a cyclic rate of 1100 rounds per minute. The designers limited it to fixed three-round bursts to allow it to be more easily contro

... July, 14th, 1819 for the purpose of manufacturing swords, then after 1850 firearms and cannons. The MAC was the place that saw the creation in 1886, and later ...0 Machine Carbine or the MAC 1955 automatic rifle were retained with other designers' adopted weapons.

... the firearms designers of the day. Soon there was a host of new automatic firearms that used this concept, such as the [[Borchardt pistol]], the [[Cei-Rigotti

...as assigned to the Central Scientific-developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of the Chief Artillery Directorate of RKKA. [[Category:Russian firearms designers]]

'''FAQ ON NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT WEAPONS'''<ref>Retrieved from tinyurl.com/a6l2f thanks to [http://www.c ...ases, and a longtime lawyer for the NRA, as well as an author, says in his Firearms Law Deskbook (published by Clark Boardman Callaghan) that this case is the

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...cticut. During this period he discovered that a division of Smith & Wesson firearms was failing financially with one of their newly patented arms. Having an ey [[Category:American firearms designers]]

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...nal treasure, being one of the few surviving masters of post-WWII American firearms design"</ref> ...ally at [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] where he began to learn about how firearms are designed. He moved on to Pratt & Whitney and later Republic Aviation. D

...ow cost version of [[20 mm Oerlikon]] (acknowledging two [[Poland|Polish]] designers + Sten (= Shepherd, Turpin + Enfield)) [[Category:British firearms manufacturers]]

... historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms." ...t is thought that it was this incident that brought the manufacture of his firearms to Paterson, New Jersey. Shortly after his arrival home he rushed to Washin

...ng in Indianapolis, Indiana. There he devoted himself to the perfection of firearms. In [[1861]], the same year the war started, he invented the [[Gatling gun] ... 179.</ref> In [[1870]] he sold his patents for the Gatling gun to [[Colt Firearms|Colt]].<ref>Keller. Page 181.</ref> Gatling remained president of the Gatl