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...g_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target from 1.5 m
...5A1 rifles.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Marines snipers with L115A1 rifles. These rifles are similar to the L115A3 used by Harrison but outfitted with Schmidt & Ben
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...M)''' is a military [[marksman]] role in a U.S. infantry squad. The term ''sniper'' is used in [[Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n doctrine. The analogous role in th
...ined in quick and precise shooting, but unlike the more specialised "true" sniper, they are also intended to lay down accurate rapid fire.
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Some projects to reuse the MAS 49/56 as a semi automatic sniper rifle have been launched in 2007.
*Huon, Jean. Proud Promise--French Semiautomatic Rifles: 1898-1979, Collector Grade Publications,1995,ISBN 0-88935-186-4
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...on was to make a larger gun. The largest bore guns in common use (and bore rifles with the advent of breech loading and rifling in the late 1800s) included t
=== Nitro Express rifles ===
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...ono-metal rods, but they often have to be fired from custom made full bore rifles with special barrels<ref>[http://www.lima-wiederladetechnik.de/Englisch/LM-
...hot. Ballistic tables for small calibre projectiles (fired from pistols or rifles) assume that gravity is acting nearly perpendicular to the bullet path. If
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...(19.2 in)<br>G2 Commando:405 mm (15.9 in)<br>G2 SMG:320 mm (12.6 in)<br>G2 Sniper 620 mm (24.4 in)
The first French bullpup rifles were developed between 1946 and 1950 at the AME (''Atelier Mécanique de Mu
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...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,
FAL rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations,
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...://fnhusa1.com/PDF/FN_MIL_SCAR.pdf FN SCAR. The Next Generation of Assault Rifles], FNH USA</ref>
...ger Regiment was the first large unit deployed into combat with 600 of the rifles in 2009.<ref name="ArmyTimes200905">[http://armytimes.com/news/2009/05/army
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===Rifles===
====Semi-automatic and select-fire rifles====
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...f the war due to its exceptional accuracy.<ref>''Without Warning: Canadian Sniper Equipment'' ([[Service Publications]], 2005).</ref>
The [[Ross Rifle Company|Ross Rifle Co.]] made sporting rifles from early in its production, most notably chambered in [[.280 Ross]], intr
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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
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...rearm|Fully-automatic firearm]]s of any kind (including military [[assault rifles]]) have been subject to registration and licensing requirements since the p
Many semi-automatic versions of military assault rifles--and the larger 20- or 30-round magazines they typically use--are again ava
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* [[Howdah pistol]]s, often made from double-barrelled rifles.
Many rifles are able to achieve bullet velocities of over 3,000 feet (910 m) per second
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...ries of [[handguns]] and the high-precision [[Heckler & Koch PSG1|PSG1]] [[sniper rifle]]. Heckler & Koch is known for the extreme precision, durability, rel
...my). In 1991 in the wake of the cancellation of the [[HK G41|G41]] and G11 rifles, H&K was bought by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division. Their major
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... bullets, especially those intended for use at high velocity in centerfire rifles, are ''jacketed'', i.e. a portion of the lead-cored bullet is wrapped in a
...ef name="gunzone">[http://www.thegunzone.com/opentip-ammo.html Memorandum: Sniper Use of Open-Tip Ammunition], W. Hays Parks, Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG
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*1,112 mm (43.8 in) stock extended / 845 mm (33.3 in) stock folded (Sniper)
*508 mm (20 in) (Sniper)
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The [[biathlon]] rifles include the 7-2, 7-3/7-3A youth/women's models as well as the 7-4 and 7-4A
...[AK-74]],[[AN-94]],[[AK-101]],[[AK-103]],[[AK-107]],AKS-74U series assault rifles
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...S. Repeating Arms closed the New Haven, Connecticut plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the
...ing Corporation's CBC Sunday Report featured interview segments with PPCLI sniper [[Rob Furlong]].
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... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles.
...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser
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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
...based [[Mark 11 Mod 0 Sniper Weapon System]] and the [[M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System]].<ref>[http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=arti
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