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...lowed in [[1970]] by Remington's short lived 5 mm Magnum Rimfire, based on Winchester's magnum case. In [[2002]] [[Hornady]] introduced a new .17 caliber cartri *[[.308 Winchester]], large rifle standard

...field Model 1861]] Rifled Musket, managing to acquire a contract for 1,000 rifles from the US Army during the American Civil War. ...- the [[M1885 Remington-Lee|Remington-Lee M1885]] and the [[M1895 Lee Navy|Winchester-Lee or Lee Navy M1895]] - were also adopted militarily and sold commerciall

...g Arms]] announced it was closing the New Haven, Connecticut plant where [[Winchester rifle]]s and shotguns had been produced for 140 years.

...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.

...e closing of the plant, the Model 94 rifle (the descendant of the original Winchester rifle), Model 70 rifle and Model 1300 shotgun would be discontinued.

... 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

...s, manufactures, and distributes [[small arms]] such as [[M1911]] pistols, rifles, and shotguns. The [[USA Shooting Team]], Marines assigned to Special Opera ..., which quickly built a reputation for accurate [[.22 long rifle]] caliber rifles, began to expand its product line and eventually acquired a second manufact

...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

...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref> ...ed the earlier [[Martini-Henry]], [[Martini-Enfield]], and [[Lee-Metford]] rifles, and although officially replaced in the UK with the [[FN-FAL#United Kingdo

Winchester). In fact, for a time Britain issued these converted No4s as sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling,

[[Image:Winchester Model 1873 Short Rifle 1495.jpg|right|400px|thumb|A Winchester Model 1873 Rifle]] ...in Firearms|Marlin]] and [[Savage Arms|Savage]]- also produce lever-action rifles. While the term ''lever-action'' generally implies a repeating firearm, it

* Polish [[Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl]] and [[Beryl wz.96]] assault rifles * Singaporean [[SR-88]] and [[SAR-21]] assault rifles and [[ultimax 100]] machine gun

Firearms produced by the [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]] (later Winchester-Western Company and U.S. Repeating Arms Company), 1866–2006, by model: *[[Winchester Rifle#Winchester Model 1866|Model 1866]] lever-action rimfire (later centerfire) rifle

...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war == Rifles ==

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...International AWM]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7 mm Remington Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, & .338 Lapua) ...ccuracy International AWM#German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

...r, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s. ...egan tooling a new production line in 1958 and delivered the first service rifles to the U.S. Army in July 1959. However, long production delays resulted in

...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

...rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester rifle#Winchester Model 1886|Winchester 1886]]. The M1895 uses a unique operating mechanism, which is quite simila

...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 ...40 S&W]], [[10 mm Auto]], [[.400 Corbon]], [[.22 LR]], [[.50 GI]], 9x23 mm Winchester, and others. The major ones were 9 mm Parabellum (9x19 mm), .38 Super, 10 m