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...s a licence that allows individuals in [[Canada]] to possess and acquire [[firearms]] as well as [[ammunition]]. Without a PAL, you can't so much as legally bu ...fing Paper On Reclassification of Firearms and Related Issues], [[National Firearms Association]]. [[April 2]], [[2010]].</ref><ref>Lucas Timmons, [http://www

...ing the Civil War. It marked the first adoption of a removable [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]]-fed infantry rifle by any country. The design was completed by [[Category:Firearms]]

..."lever" to act on. The slowest twist rates are found in [[muzzleloading]] firearms meant to fire a round ball; these will have twist rates as low as 1 in 60 i ...d by the length of travel required to produce a single turn. Occasionally firearms are encountered with a ''gain twist'', where the rate of spin increases fro

... arms" appeared exclusively in military contexts, as opposed to the use of firearms by civilians. ...lle [Papua New Guinea] were the people themselves, bearing their "illicit" firearms.”</ref>

There are various types of firearms rims in use in modern ammunition. These types are '''rimmed''', '''rimless ...single shot]] firearms. Rimmed cartridges generally do not work as well in firearms that feed from a [[magazine (firearm)|box magazine]].

...e state of California that banned over fifty specific brands and models of firearms – while mostly rifles, some were pistols and shotguns. ... [[SKS]] with detachable magazine were both banned by this act. Yet these firearms are topologically similar to current California-legal detachable-magazine r

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Some firearms, while not originally manufactured to feed from STANAG magazines, can be co [[Category:Firearms]]

...rearm)|butt]]; enlarged [[safety (firearms)|change lever]] and [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine release catch]]; vertical stripping catch to prevent unintended a ...two settings (rather than the three that most metric FALs have), [[Safety (firearms)|safety]] and [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]], which are marked '

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...nturies, so too did the technique of loading rounds. First, breech-loading firearms, like the Prussian [[Needle gun]] of the mid-18th century came to prominenc ...rtridge. These weapons were known as [[Gas-operated reloading|gas-operated firearms]]. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second

|products= [[Firearms]] and law enforcement goods ...s of Smith & Wesson by refusing to buy their new products and flooding the firearms market with used S&W guns, cutting into their market share.

...ed design of many [[break-action]] firearms allows takedown. Some regular firearms can be modified to allow takedown after custom [[gunsmith]]ing. American gun manufacturers [[Marlin Firearms|Marlin]], [[Savage Arms|Savage]], and [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|W

James Wesley Rawles is the author of numerous firearms FAQs on topics including: [[AR-15]] [[magazines]], [[M1 Carbine]] magazines ...here are the answers to the questions that I most commonly get on pre-1899 firearms. [[#Do you have a list of "cut-off" serial numbers for determining if my g

The varmint gun fills a design gap between small game rifles and [[rimfire]] firearms. [[.22LR]] (the most popular rimfire caliber) is somewhat underpowered for ...ted penetration and low noise allows them to be used in areas where use of firearms is illegal or impractical. The popular air gun sport of [[Field Target|fie

...or '''wildcat''', is a custom [[cartridge]] for which [[ammunition]] and [[firearms]] are not mass produced. One source of [[gunsmithing]] equipment has a lib ...development, and commonalities in the parent cartridge often make building firearms chambered for the new round as simple as making a new barrel. While these

... [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]] definition of [[assault weapons]] because firearms fitted with them are perceived, in the murky depths of the [[gun grabber]]