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...sive heating. This heating accelerates wear and drastically decreases the service life of critical operating parts such as the bolt, extractor, and extractor ...gement system was the [[MAS 62]]. The MAS 49/56 were withdrawn from active service in 1990 after their replacement by the FA MAS.

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...cities and, typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "gu ...secondary method of attack used in close combat. For example, arms such as rifles, muskets, and occasionally [[submachine gun]]s can have [[bayonet]]s affixe

...gh reliability; the "nearly as hard as a diamond" firing pin provides long service life. ...und stress test resulted in a legible transfer rate of 100% (note that the service life of a typical military or police handgun is an order of magnitude highe

...ne]]).<ref>Hatcher, Julian. (1947). '''Hatcher's Notebook.''' The Military Service Press Company. ISBN 0-8117-0795-4 p. 67</ref> The distance the piston trave ... working parts of a rifle where they directly impinge on the bolt carrier. Rifles that use this system include the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and French [[MAS-49]].

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...matic), [[air rifles]], [[paintball guns]], and [[airsoft|airsoft/soft air rifles]] (depending on State). * '''Category B''': [[centrefire]] rifles (not semi-automatic), [[Muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] firearms made after [[

...ictions did not cover [[rimfire]] rifles or manual (e.g., [[bolt action]]) rifles. Provinces have the choice to opt-out of this regulation. ...h as the Lee-Enfield and M1 Garand. The restrictions did not cover rimfire rifles. The provinces have the choice to opt-out of administering the Firearms Act

... populace. Therefore the armed citizen soldier carried the responsibility. Service in militia, including providing your own ammunition and weapons, was mandat ...rearm|Fully-automatic firearm]]s of any kind (including military [[assault rifles]]) have been subject to registration and licensing requirements since the p

...ls during the Second World War, when Cooey was a main supplier of training rifles to the Canadian Army. ...there having been several ''unnumbered'' single shot and repeating sporter rifles produced before 1961. At least three unnumbered models of shotguns are kno

...ny cartridges share the same base dimensions, and a single shellholder can service many different cases. Shellholders are also specialized, and will generally ...idge cases, which are often difficult to obtain for older foreign military rifles. Military ammunition is often tightly sealed, to make it resistant to wate

...nforced polymer assault rifle [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. ...of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delta Force, FBI HRT, the German KSK and GSG 9 and countl

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...d a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock remained in military service for over 200 years, and flintlocks are still made today for historical re-e ...like traditional [[revolver]] cartridges commonly used in [[lever action]] rifles would still be loaded with pistol primers.

...field Model 1861]] Rifled Musket, managing to acquire a contract for 1,000 rifles from the US Army during the American Civil War. ...eloped into the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (or SMLE), the British service arm for many decades.

.... Steyr, Ruger, Savage, and several other gun makers now manufacture Scout rifles that roughly match Cooper's specifications, but most lack auxiliary iron si ...t, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."

... gun]]" in [[1836]], which was eventually adopted by the Prussian army for service in [[1841]] as the '''Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr''', or ''Prussian Model 1849' ...ned several experimental [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loading]] military rifles. Returning to Sömmerda, in [[1824]] he founded a company to manufacture [[

...ented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the ...inchester Model 1894|Model 1894]] and [[Winchester Model 1895|Model 1895]] rifles, most of which are still in production today in some form.

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:''This FAQ was created for my own use. It is distributed as a public service. Corrections and submissions are welcome. Please send them via email to ben This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee"

==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles== ...5]] Developed by [[Mauser]] as a private venture in 1935, not accepted for service. Two versions S and M

...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ... the Swedish version of [[Belgium| Belgian]] [[FN FNC]]. It is the main [[service rifle]] of the Swedish Armed Forces.

**[[PSG-90]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Swedish Service Weapon) ...German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

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... Patent Numbers]</ref>; he had previously been working on [[lever action]] rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester rifle#Winchester Model 1886|Winches ...ral thousand M1895 machine guns in 1914 for use in World War I, and it saw service in England, France, and various countries in South America.<ref name=handbo

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