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Anything you could want to know about guns or related subjects (It's like Wikipedia for your boomstick) - 5,722 pages as of Saturday, May 4, 2024.
If it's about guns, gun rights, gun grabbers or any other related subject, sooner or later it's going to be here. Whether it's sniper rifles, shotguns, WWII arms, ammunition or anything else, we're out there scrounging up anything and everything that we can find. Yes, this is something of an ambitious (some would say impossible) project but we're not quitting until we have it all in one place. Have a look around and see some of what our contributors have put together so far.
1890 — American sport shooter, 5-time gold medalist and USMC Hall of Fame inductee Morris Fisher was born in Youngstown, Ohio.
1945 — Fighting stops in the Canadian sector near Wilhelmshaven, Aurich, and Emden; German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany agreed to surrender to Canadian commanders.
1970 — "Only Soldiers and Cops:" Kent State shootings - the Ohio National Guard opens fire on a crowd of demonstrators, killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others.
2010 — A press release on FNH USA's official website announced the SCAR Acquisition Decision Memorandum was finalized on April 14, 2010. This was to be an approval for the entire weapons family of the Mk16 SCAR Light, Mk17 SCAR Heavy and the Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module.
2011 — "Only Soldiers and Cops:" Kelowna BC RCMP Staff Sergeant Owen Wlodarczak is charged with assault, careless use of a firearm (his RCMP duty weapon) and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose following a domestic assault on his estranged wife in front of their children.[1]
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The Model 7400 was introduced in 1982 and in .30-06 was available in both rifle and carbinebarrel lengths. It is a gas operated semi-auto.
The 22-250 is based on the 250-3000 Savage case necked down to .22caliber and is so named because of the caliber (22) and the parent case (250).
Biathlon has its roots as a training exercise in the Norwegian Army, and became an official Olympic event at the 1960 Games. Women’s biathlon was included in 1992. In the past 20 years, it has grown to become one of Europe’s most popular Nordic sports.
The term Doglock refers to the lock that superseded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century. Commonly used throughout Europe in the 1600's, it gained popular favor in the British and Dutch military.
Much like the later flintlock devices it contained the flint, frizzen, and pan, yet had an external catch as a half cock safety, known as the "dog". This added safety to the firearm in that it would not accidentally go off "half-cocked". This fell out of favor with the British before 1720. Later flintlocks would contain no such catch.[1]
References
↑Blackmore, Howard L. British Military Firearms, 1650-1850. Greenhill Pr, 1994.
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