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- ... before the mid-1960s meant that the Type 56 was frequently encountered by American soldiers during the Vietnam War, in the hands of either NVA soldiers or Vie ...such as [[AK-74]] rifles in the James Bond film ''GoldenEye''. As with all firearms used in cinematography, these weapons are adapted to fire [[blank cartridge12 KB (1,873 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...s, and as such the Winchester name has become synonymous with lever-action firearms. The gun is colloquially known as '''"The Gun that Won the West"''', thoug ...r in the case rim, thus creating one of the most significant inventions in firearms history, the metallic [[rimfire]] cartridge.<ref>Smith's cartridge was deri29 KB (4,205 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- The '''AR-10''' is an [[United States|American]] [[7.62x51mm NATO|7.62 mm]] [[battle rifle]] developed by [[Eugene Stoner] ... Fairchild in 1954, specifically to bring new materials and designs to the firearms industry. Later that year they were joined by [[Eugene Stoner]], a talented20 KB (3,114 words) - 15:23, 15 March 2013
- |products= [[firearms]] ...ull-power rifle was not appropriate. Both designs were licensed to [[Colt Firearms|Colt]] in early 1959. (For more information on the AR-15 see the [[M16 rif14 KB (2,253 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ... to be pejorative and politically-motivated when used to describe civilian firearms. This term is seldom used outside of the United States in this context. ...1994 [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]. See the U.S. Code of 2004 section on firearms.<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=921 F17 KB (2,639 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ... (if available) is placed into the breach and the bolt closed. Bolt action firearms are most often [[rifle]]s, but there are some bolt-action [[shotgun]]s as w Bolt-action [[shotguns]] are considered a rarity among modern firearms, but were formerly a commonly used action for .410 entry-level shotguns, as16 KB (2,543 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ==Firearms== In firearms, the caliber is the diameter of the inside of the barrel. In a [[rifling|ri15 KB (2,106 words) - 13:41, 24 May 2015