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...inly employed for targets at ranges of about 1,400 metres (1,530 yd) using rifles with larger ammunition while DMs are utilized for targets at ranges of up t
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...echnological need given the need to stand when reloading either muskets or rifles. Breech loading allowed cover and concealment to be utilized, but the chan
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...cities and, typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "gu
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...ermission to own and use without registering any number of "sporting-type" rifles and shotguns (other than full-automatic) which is any rifle or shotgun that
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...ase of a firing pin. Two piece strikers are commonly found on bolt action rifles, while single piece strikers are found on pistols, such as those made by [[
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...ssance among [[black powder]] shooting enthusiasts and many fine flintlock rifles and pistols are being made today.
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...urate fire when shooting in full auto mode. It can be incorporated in some rifles as part of the [[Rail Integration System]].
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...r attachments mounted under the barrel of a [[rifle]]. Alternatively, many rifles have been designed to fire [[rifle grenade]]s from their muzzle. Larger gre
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...earms in Canada (including such mundane items as [[single-shot]] [[.22]] [[rifles]]) '''must''' be registered with the [[Canada Firearms Centre]]. A Canadia
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...ht|A modern [[black powder substitute]] for [[muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] rifles in FFG size]]'''Gunpowder''' (also called '''black powder''') is a pyrotech
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...emical company, Chropei of Peiraeus, for the adoption of its own-developed rifles and submachine guns, was rejected after testing proved that its weapons wer
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...ecember the same year, a prototype production batch consisting of 11 Beryl rifles was produced. In 1997 the weapon had been successfully evaluated and adopte
...lish Army troops of the 18th Bielsko Airborne Assault Battalion. The Beryl rifles are equipped with [[EOTech]] holographic weapon sights.]]
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...way rails, scrap motor vehicles and other scrap metal. The quality of such rifles varies widely, ranging from as good as a factory-produced example to danger
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...s, manufactures, and distributes [[small arms]] such as [[M1911]] pistols, rifles, and shotguns. The [[USA Shooting Team]], Marines assigned to Special Opera
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...pular firearms, including the American [[M16 Rifle|M16]]/[[M4 Carbine|M4]] rifles and the popular [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series sub-machine guns. The RIS/RAS
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...''' refers to a modification of the [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[kammerlader]] [[rifles]] to allow them to fire rim fire ammunition, as opposed to being caplock we
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...in Firearms|Marlin]] and [[Savage Arms|Savage]]- also produce lever-action rifles. While the term ''lever-action'' generally implies a repeating firearm, it
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...r, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s.
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...98 [[Krag-Jørgensen|Krag]] and contemporary German [[Mauser]] bolt-action rifles. The M1903 not only replaced the various versions of the Krag, but also th
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...two all-new service rifles (the [[Krag-Jørgensen#American Krag-Jørgensen rifles|M1892/96/98 Krag]] and [[M1895 Navy Lee]]), as well as a series of revolver
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...y known as the '''BAR'''), is a family of [[automatic rifle]]s (or machine rifles) and [[light machine gun]]s used by the [[United States]] and other countri
...pacific as a S.A.W. and on rare occasion due to weight, misused as assault rifles. The BAR was produced under licence in Great Britain as well as a host of o
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... II, the Korean War, and, to a limited extent, in the Vietnam War. Most M1 rifles were issued to [[United States|American]] troops, though many were also len
...rphy-Manning of 1911, and there were trials in 1916-8,<ref>Walter, John. ''Rifles of the World''. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006), p.142, "Garand".</re
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...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine.
...re not significantly easier to carry or maintain than the existing service rifles (such as the M1903 and Garand).
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...s a hand grip when firing the M203. A separate sighting system is added to rifles fitted with the M203, as the rifle's standard sights are not matched to the
...onents, usually including the launcher, adaptors for attachment to assault rifles, and leaf sights (which can be used with the rifle's front sight post). M2
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...o increase accuracy and conserve ammunition, the M14 and [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifles used by the U.S. Army had not been designed with sustained automatic fire i
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...'' match-grade ammunition in 2009 for use in .300 Winchester Magnum sniper rifles like the U.S. Navy Mk.13 MOD 5 rifle or reconfigured M24 SWSs. This ammunit
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...today is also used in high-powered [[sniper rifle]]s and long range target rifles due to its excellent long range accuracy, [[external ballistics]] performan
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...07/11/5/nation/19381084&sec=nation Malaysia has license to make M4 assault rifles] The Star 2007-11-05</ref> It is expected that these weapons will not only
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...arms and Explosives]] (BATFE), they are treated as belt-fed semi-automatic rifles; however, individual state and local regulations still apply.
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...d squad leaders; the majority of German soldiers carried [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. However, later experience with [[Soviet]] tactics - where entire units arm
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... intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on [[caliber]
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...ed to face down large amounts of hostile tribesmen, whilst armed only with rifles. Until the 1800s, even the fastest [[musket]]eer could manage three or four
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...a [[rifle]] due to the smaller area of sight. The key is, as with shooting rifles, is to line up the front notch at the front of the pistol's [[pistol slide|
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...(Mark I, Mark II, and Mark III), and smaller versions designed as training rifles for military cadets. The Mark IV Martini-Henry rifle ended production in t
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... usually operated by one to two soldiers. Light machine guns and automatic rifles are often an individual weapon with a fixed, naked barrel. On the other han
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...American Civil War (1860s) most infantry were equipped with muzzle-loading rifles. These were far more accurate than smoothbore muskets and had a far longer
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...r guest is a woman, make sure the firearm will fit her appropriately. Many rifles have stocks that are too long for small women, and double-stack semi-autos
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...nd ammunition domestically, and is the largest US producer of shotguns and rifles. Remington does not produce handguns. Its products are distributed in over
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...iginally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shooting sports]].
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... launcher|M203]] attached to [[M16 rifle|M16]]/[[M4 Carbine|M4]]-family of rifles).
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...gh of Enfield, now part of north London, which produced [[British military rifles]], [[muskets]] and swords from 1816. It closed in 1988, but some of its wor
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...s production plans were made: production was anticipated to be two million rifles per year by 1942. Production began at Tula Arsenal in 1939.
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... rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of under
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...or and possibly restricted to certain types of guns, e.g. handguns only or rifles only, or they can specialize in certain shooting sports such as [[Skeet sho
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...cal submachine gun while the term carbine is used to refer to short, light rifles. The "Carbine, Machine" element of the designation resulted from the Britis
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...ley introduced its '''Mark II air rifle'''. During World War II Webley air rifles were used for rifle training as well as civilian target shooting and huntin
...Tempest''' air pistols and '''Raider''', '''Venom''', and '''Vulcan''' air rifles. In early 2007 Webley broke away from its traditional 'barrel overlever' d
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...hat was not the case 15 years ago, and one of the reasons why murders with rifles and shotguns have declined so precipitously is because of the stronger cont
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...lock of about a dozen turkeys wearing camouflage jackets and drilling with rifles in the Oregon woods.
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...inchester, a rimmed [[.308 Winchester]], developed for use in lever-action rifles. A handloader can add a rim, by swaging a ring of metal onto a rimless case
...the best benchrest cartridge available. Chambered only in [[single-shot]] rifles due to its short, fat case and sharp shoulder angle, the 6 mm PPC is still
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...cussion rifles that used a revolver cylinder instead of a magazine. These rifles were produced in various configurations including both single and double tr
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...essures found in contemporary military cartridges used for [[single-shot]] rifles, at the behest of then-company president Thomas G. Bennett ([[Oliver Winche
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...peating Arms]] under the Winchester brand until they ceased to manufacture rifles in 2006. In 2010 [[FN Herstal]] reintroduced the Model '94 as a limited pro
...s the rifle credited with the name "Winchester" being used to refer to all rifles of this type and was the first commercial sporting rifle to sell over 7,000
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...s. The Model 1895 also had a stronger action than traditional lever-action rifles (such as the [[Winchester Model 94]]), which meant it could handle the incr
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... to the '''Winchester Model 1873''' or the '''[[Winchester Model 1894]]''' rifles.
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...pany. The M21 is designed on the basis of the famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]]<ref>[http://www.zastava-arms.co.rs/english/vojni.htm Vojni
...s the successor to its 7.62 mm firing [[Zastava M70]]/M72/M92 assault rifles.
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...Serbia]]. The M70 is designed on the basis of famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]], which has been proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in
...field trials to the Yugoslavian military seem to have been the M-64 series rifles<ref>Nakon vise takvih kombinacija, pod oznakom M-64A i M-64B oruzje je pred
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...k to enact on the grenade and preventing the weapon from cycling. Most M70 rifles are found with a recoil brake attachment, rather than the grenade launcher
...reason has been cited for no chrome lined bores on the M70 or the Yugo SKS rifles. This might not be related to chromium deposits or supplies since later Yug
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...he [[M16 rifle|M16]], and is distinguished from later civilian-model AR-15 rifles marketed by Colt Firearms. Currently, AR-15 is a generic term for a civilia
...g this as it is possible to make an illegal configuration.<ref>Gunsmithing Rifles, Patrick Sweeney (1999) p. 286</ref>
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... to A3s and A5s as they rotate into the armory for service and repair. The rifles have had many sub-variations in [[telescopic sight]]s, and smaller user mod
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...mpaign to refer to [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] or self-loading rifles.<ref>[http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/msassaultweapons "Federal Gu
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... popular around 1900. Some suspect that this shotgun arose from converted rifles of a similar bore diameter. The first ammunition was two inches (5.08 cm)
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...ollectors have had their collections stolen, including antique pistols and rifles. Some are suggesting that the gun registry (both long gun and hand gun regi
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...[rifle]]s that began with a design by [[Christian Sharps]] in 1848. Sharps rifles have been historically renowned for long range and high accuracy. By [[187
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...name and chambered their [[Remington Model 700|Model 700]] and 40 XB match rifles for the [[cartridge]] along with a line of commercial ammunition, thus esta
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...adopted for [[varmint rifle|varmint]] and [[benchrest shooting|benchrest]] rifles, and was the dominant cartridge in both disciplines for decades. While the
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... cartridges in use in the United States, being widely used in two types of rifles: (1) [[varmint rifle]]s, most of which are [[bolt action]] and commonly hav
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...s the [[M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon]]. They typically were [[bolt-action]] rifles with telescoping stocks or break-open rifle/[[shotgun]] over-under designs.
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...d. It is one of the few cartridges that are accepted by a large variety of rifles, as well as pistols. Virtually every manufacturer of cartridge firearms ma
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...Model 74 semi-auto and the Model 61 pump action. Many of their bolt action rifles were available on a special order basis in .22 Short. Browning/FN also prod
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...om Remington. Before this time, most .22 WMR firearms were [[bolt action]] rifles, though the .22 WMR is also found in a number of revolvers by [[Taurus]], [
...is less expensive than the new [[.17 Rimfire]] calibers. Since many of the rifles that chamber the .22 WMR use tubular magazines, bullet noses are generally
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...Belgium and the Canadian Army. The .280 British was tested in a variety of rifles and machineguns including the [[EM-2]], [[Lee-Enfield]], [[FN FAL]], [[Bren
...ed that the [[7.62x51 NATO]] cartridge was too powerful for use in assault rifles, and was forced to make the change to [[5.56x45mm NATO]], which demonstrate
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...er rifle cartridge. It is still used by some U.S. military units in sniper rifles, possessing a flatter trajectory than the 7.62x51mm, however it has largely
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...OA]]) accuracy out to 1000 yards (914 m) is not unusual in precision built rifles firing match grade ammunition. Velocity with a 180 grain projectile at max
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...an alternative pistol caliber carbine functionality in .30-caliber hunting rifles.
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...lash. It has also become popular as a "dual use" cartridge in short, light rifles like the Old West [[lever-action]]s. In a rifle, the bullet will exit the b
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... reduced recoil, lower noise, and lower cost. A number of [[lever action]] rifles are also chambered in .357 Magnum and .38 Special.
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... moot, and [[SAAMI]] compliant ammunition should fire from any handguns or rifles chambered for the .44 Magnum.
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...ny surplus rifles were given to reservation Indians as subsistence hunting rifles and now carry Indian markings.
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...utomatic fire accuracy.<ref>[http://www.quarryhs.co.uk/Assault.htm Assault Rifles and Their Ammunition: History and Prospects by Anthony G. Williams]</ref>
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... cartridges to this day are in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the [[SVD rifle|SVD]] family) and machine guns (numerous type
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...ssault rifle.<ref name="poyer">Poyer, Joe. The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). North Cape Publications. 2004. pp1.</ref>
...i-Rigotti]] and the [[Imperial Russia|Russia]]n [[Fedorov Avtomat]] design rifles. The Germans, however, were the first to produce and field sufficient numbe
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...d in order to comply with U.S.C. 922(r); a statue which regulates imported rifles with certain features that the [[BATFE]] defines as not being suitable for
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...he First World War. Many people say more bullets from Kropatschek designed rifles were fired at the Austrians, than by them.<ref>Roger A. Pauly (2004). Firea
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...tiles from rifles that could be carried by a single soldier, and anti-tank rifles were replaced with [[shaped charge|shaped-charge]] weapons of which the bes
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*McCollum, Duncan O. ''Japanese Rifles of World War II''. Excalibur Publications (1996) ISBN 1880677113
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...ing company. Products include the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and [[M4 carbine|M4]] rifles. ArmaLite has changed hands many times as shown in the history below.
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...limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles.
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...apons in the US was first codified by the language defining semi-automatic rifles with certain characteristics in the 1994 [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]. S
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...ufacturing line for high level 1911 and a manufacturing line for [[AR-15]] rifles, StG-15 & StG-4, to be distributed on the European, Asian, South American a
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...ppearance but not able to fire in full-auto mode are some [[semi-automatic rifles]]. The visual similarity has led to the public usage of the term [[assault
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...a section for automatic rifles listing several semi-automatic self-loading rifles, but not a single fully automatic weapon. On the other hand, soldiers of th
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...rate all of these steps (that's overkill for most shooters as well as most rifles) but as much as possible is presented here so you can fiddle and determine
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... older military [[bolt-action]] or [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] rifles such as the [[Mosin Nagant]] or the [[M1 Garand]].<ref>Pomeroy, Ashley, ''B
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... to make them more compact in form and fold better onto the sides of their rifles (see [[Mosin Nagant]] model of 1944). It is said that self-inflicted wounds
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... Magnums] by Larry Willis</ref> refers to any caliber cartridge, generally rifles, using a shell casing with a pronounced "belt" around its base that continu
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... the lever-action design on the battlefields of the Civil War, where Henry rifles were used alongside muzzle-loading [[rifled musket]]s such as the [[Springf
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...a.com Beretta International] Beretta.com</ref> the last shipment of Type I rifles left Venice for Japan in a U-boat in 1942.
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... chambers to facilitate extraction. Lacking fluted chambers, both of these rifles required cases lubricated with wax (Pedersen) or oil (Schwarzlose).
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...ovements in design. By the mid 1800s and during the Civil War, bolt-action rifles were being used widely as cavalry weapons as well as for snipers. World War
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...n actions are universal in [[double-barrelled shotgun]]s, double-barrelled rifles and [[combination gun]]s, and are also common in [[single shot]] [[rifle]]s
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...son rifle]], a breech-loading flintlock weapon. Roughly two hundred of the rifles were manufactured and used in the Battle of Brandywine, during the American
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... a person's finger. An even simpler method, which works better with AR- 15 rifles, is to use a rubber band and wrap it around the trigger guard. This works j
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... waste of ammunition and very poor performance of soldiers who fired their rifles in fully-automatic mode during the Vietnam War.
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...tion, which it shares with many German weapons. The CETME series of battle rifles was manufactured in five models, the A, B, C, L , LC and LV models. The pri
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...3.34% of violent crimes in Canada in 1996, and non-restricted shotguns and rifles were used in 0.3% of violent crimes that year.11 The vast majority of the
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...nominal charge of 90 grains (5.8 g) of black powder with a case length of 2.50 inches (64 mm).
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...ue in the action after firing; one of the earliest military breech-loading rifles, the [[Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse|Dreyse]] [[needle gun]], used such a cart
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..., he completed a drop-barrel sporting gun with paper-cased cartridges.<ref>Rifles of the World By John Walter, p.258 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Eq2Dnj
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... require [an attempt to escape] when experienced men, armed with repeating rifles, face each other in an open space, removed from shelter, with intent to kil
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...r replacing the primer, gunpowder and projectile. This is an advantage for rifles using cartridges that are obsolete or hard to find, e.g the 6.5x54 Mannlich
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...863, Christopher Spencer walked into the White House carrying one of his [[rifles]] and a supply of [[cartridges]]. He walked past the sentries, and into Abr
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...n 40701 ''et seq''). Apart from a donation of surplus .22 and .30 caliber rifles in the Army's inventory to the CMP, the CMP receives no Federal funding.
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...ied with the addition of a CQD RSM sling adapter plate. However, many CQBR rifles also use surplus M16A1 lower receivers. Internally, the CQBR also takes adv
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...the 19th century. The [[Colt Revolver Rifle]], one of the first repeating rifles, and used during the American Civil War. In addition to this were a large
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...ted restrictions on the private possession of military style semiautomatic rifles following recent atrocities in which such firearms were employed. Like thei
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...ions, the U.S. Army ran a competition involving several designs, including rifles from Knight's Armament Company, [[Remington Arms|Remington]], and [[DPMS Pa
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