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...nt of the trigger guard. Interestingly, [[Fabrique Nationale]], one of the world's major firearms developers and manufacturers, was established in [[1889]] ...ost successful of the Mauser designs, helped of course by the onset of two World Wars that demanded vast numbers of rifles.

|wars= Second Boer War, World War I, [[World War II]], Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, A ...ve appearance earned it the nickname "Broomhandle" in the English-speaking world (from the shape of its grip), and in China, the C96 was nicknamed the "box

...e gases from the propelling charge and hence the sound of the firing. Post World War II the silent Belgium Fly-K spigot mortar was accepted into French serv ...f trench mortars or [[Minenwerfer]] in calibers from 7.58cm to 25cm during World War I, though these were [[rifled]].

...[[August 6]], 2010.</ref><br>World Women's Fast Draw Champion;<br>breaking records at the drop of a hat. |standing = Over 50 World Records, including .263 second traditional fast draw. Also:

...claim that he briefly had a medical practice in Indianapolis, there are no records confirming this.</ref> ...red obsolete by the United States Army in [[1911]]. Decades later, after [[World War II]], the mechanical concept was resurrected and wedded to electricity-

Many collectors of [[WWII]] [[List of World War II German firearms|German firearms]] have also observed that several of * '''Dating:''' If contemporary records are available, a SN can help to confirm the age of a gun (obviously useful

...e pump action shotguns in close-quarters trench fighting. Since the end of World War II, the shotgun has remained in use with modern armies mostly in specia ...st short of the above recommended 168 cm (5 1/2 feet). On the other hand, records from the Plymouth colony show a maximum length of 137 cm (4 1/2 feet) for f

...inutes after the shots were fired, the first wire story flashed around the world: ...id he did not do it as part of a conspiracy.<ref>In 1997 the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) released a document that revealed that Ford had altered

... is held every year in Piru, California and draws shooters from around the world. ...f> In 2007 more than 220 competitors from the United States and around the world competed for a portion of the $390,000 in cash and prizes - the largest pur

...Holsters Make a Point but Are Still a Fashion No-No] Allison Go, US News & World Report, 2007-10-23</ref> and other campus staff,<ref name="pg"/>who believe ...]]. In the press release, SCCC offered to turn over all of their financial records to the media if The Brady Bunch would do the same. The press release also c

...r the Shanghai police between the World Wars, and allied special forces in World War II. He developed his own fighting system known as Defendu, as well as o During World War II, he was recruited by the British Secret Service as an Army officer;

...ith">Smith, Michael (May 2, 2010). "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece Hotshot sniper in one-and-a-half mile double ...gahmagabow]], a Canadian sniper with 378 confirmed kills, the highest in [[World War I]].

Canada had a gun registry earlier during World War II, when all people were compelled to register their firearms out of fe ...osun.com/News/Columnists/Bonokoski_Mark/2006/01/22/1405483.html Ammunition records listing legitimate gun owners may provide a handy 'shopping list' for crimi

...sighting trough instead of conventional sights) and [[Chiappa]] turned the world of [[revolvers]] upside-down (sort of) when they started cranking out the [ * The [[Canadian Firearms Program]] records a total of 1,831,327 valid [[PAL|firearm licences]], which is roughly 5.4%

...ture' should be taken to mean manufacture after the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. ...er") made in December 1898 and it is hence classified as an "antique", but records show that a Winchester Model 1894 with serial number 147,686 had its frame

...k (1600–1645 AD), and it is said to be one of the largest cannons in the world. Artillery was used by Indian armies predominantly for defending against be ...he Byzantine Empire according to Sir Charles Oman.<ref>Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Course of History,

Production of the Auto-5 in Belgium continued until the start of [[World War II]], when Browning moved production to Remington Arms in the [[United ...00. Exact production figures are not available. Year of manufacture on Pre-World War II production is strictly a guess.

...al Foundation, [http://www.ahfrichmond.com/projectgraphics/130brow.ahf The WORLD WAR II BROWNING HI-POWER commemorative]</ref> It is most often called the " Browning Hi-Power pistols were used during World War II by both the Allied and the Axis powers. Belgium was occupied by the

...ars to ignore the severe problems caused by the presence in the Registry's records of "ghost guns" and "gone guns." The Registry's records show stocks of "ghost guns" in dealer inventory for virtually every dealer

... crimes are most often committed by younger, urban residents with criminal records, many involved in the drug trade, as opposed to the older, rural-dwelling c ...ed these records, he discovered that “the RCMP had stopped accepting FAC records and had actually destroyed those it already had.” Why? “Because the pol