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  • ...y (Bundeswehr) now displayed interest and soon purchased a number of CETME rifles (7.62x51mm NATO chambering) for further testing. The CETME, known as the '' ...production G3 rifles differed substantially from more recent models; early rifles featured closed-type mechanical flip iron sights (with two settings), a lig
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  • ...ed and manufactured by [[Heckler & Koch]]. It is a modified version of the American [[M4 carbine]] with many changes, most notably a new gas operating system f ...f>[http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/07/army_rifle_070715/ M4 to face new rifles in dust-chamber test] armytimes.com</ref> The XM8 scored the best, with onl
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  • ...which used it, called the "caplock". The caplock appeared just before the American Civil War, and was quickly adopted by both sides as it was even simpler and Berdan primers are named after their American inventor, [[Hiram Berdan]] of New York who invented his first variation of
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  • ...831]] – [[February 24]], [[1904]]) was a Scottish-[[Canadian]] and later American inventor and arms designer, best known for inventing the [[bolt action]] th ...anaging to acquire a contract for 1,000 rifles from the US Army during the American Civil War.
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  • In [[1976]], Cooper founded the ''American Pistol Institute''{API) in Paulden, Arizona (later the [[Gunsite Training C .... Steyr, Ruger, Savage, and several other gun makers now manufacture Scout rifles that roughly match Cooper's specifications, but most lack auxiliary iron si
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  • ... [[November 26]], [[1926]]), born in Ogden, Utah, was an [[United States|American]] [[firearm]]s designer who developed many varieties of firearms, [[cartrid ...ented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the
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  • |type= [[Bolt-action]] [[rifle]] |action= [[Bolt-action]]
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  • ...899 Carbine<br/>M1899 Constable Carbine<br/>''[[#Norwegian Krag-Jørgensen rifles|Norwegian Krags]]:''<br/>M1894 Rifle<br/>M1895 Carbine<br/>M1897 Carbine<br ...e Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the magazine of the Krag-Jørgens
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  • |type= [[Bolt-action]] [[rifle]] |action= [[Bolt-action]]
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  • in its name is for James Paris Lee, a Scottish-born American who sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling,
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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 ...000 were made, and it was adopted by the United States and used during the American Civil War, marking the first adoption of a removable-magazine-fed infantry-
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  • ==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles== *Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 ([[Mondragon]]) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)
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  • ...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ...0s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 5
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  • *[[American-180]] (US - SMG - .22 LR & .22 Short Magnum) **[[American SAR 180/275]] (US - Semi-Auto Carbine - .22 LR)
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  • ...the '''United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14''', is an [[United States|American]] [[selective fire]] [[battle rifle]] firing [[7.62x51mm NATO]] [[ammunitio ...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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  • ...led that many U.S. infantrymen (as many as 2/3) never actually fired their rifles in combat. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as sub Existing rifles were poorly suited to real-world combat for both of these reasons. Although
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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 ... Marines. It was also utilized by American forces during the Philippine–American War, and the Boxer Rebellion, where it proved to be accurate and reliable.<
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  • |type= [[Bolt-action]] [[service rifle]] |action= [[Bolt-action]]
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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 ...countered by American units fighting Moro guerrillas during the Philippine-American War, the then-standard [[.38 Long Colt]] revolver was found to be unsuitabl
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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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