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|<font size="4">'''Briefing Paper On Reclassification of Firearms and Related Issues''' <font size="2">Prepared for The Government of Canada<br>by<br>Canada’s [[National Firearms Association]]<br>[[April 2]], [[2010]]</font>

...e and a few boxes of the Device's ammunition that were owned by the estate of Connecticut attorney Bruce Stern were sold at auction for US $55,000 (US $6 ...ifle with Remington and Winchester and were importing [[Ross rifle]]s from Canada for training purposes.

...lace the gun below the line of sight, but in many cases still in the field of vision. Since the sights are not employed, the shooter focuses on the targ One form of it is detailed in Lt. Col. Baron De Berenger's 1835 book on rifle and pisto

...Without a PAL, you can't so much as legally buy a brick of .22 anywhere in Canada. .... [[April 2]], [[2010]].</ref><ref>Lucas Timmons, [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/05/17/guns-confiscation.html "RCMP gun confiscations prompt lega

|sights=[[Iron sights#Types of iron sights|Aperture]] rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip tritium [[ ...] and [[Sako]]. It is the [[Service rifle|standard issue]] infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces.

|used_by=United States, Israel, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, Indonesia, Malaysia ...encies as well as military groups such as Special Operations Command units of the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army Rangers and the U.S. Navy SEALs.

...hort, '''the right of individuals, ''for their own defense'', and not that of the state, did NOT originate with the American Constitution's Second Amendm ...ear arms" appeared exclusively in military contexts, as opposed to the use of firearms by civilians.

|max_range= 1,000m<ref>While the SKS is sighted to a range of 1Km, its ability to perform at such a range is dubious at best.</ref> ...any countries. Together with the [[RPD]] light machine gun the SKS was one of the first weapons chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round later used in the A

...lovak vz. 58.jpg|thumb|left|A Slovakian army soldier stands guard in front of the Multinational Division-Central South headquarters at Camp Echo, Iraq.]] ...s (up until 1984) over 920,000 had been produced, used by the armed forces of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Cuba and several other Asian and African na

|origin= [[Belgium]]<br />[[United Kingdom]]<br />[[Australia]]<br />[[Canada]] ...olution of the front sight blade provides 4 MOA or 8.57" vertical movement of the MPI at 200 yards.</ref> <br>[[Telescopic sight]]s (C2)

|products= [[Rifles]], [[Shotguns]] ...hich was the parent case for the [[.308 Winchester]] cartridge (which kind of makes it [[7.62x51 NATO]]'s grandpa, when you think about it).

...cting officer ("RCO")'' in the UK, and ''range safety officer (RSO)'' in [[Canada]]. These supervisory personnel are responsible for ensuring that all [[gun ...or and possibly restricted to certain types of guns, e.g. handguns only or rifles only, or they can specialize in certain shooting sports such as [[Skeet sho

...lbeit only once, in 1900). The shooting sports are categorized by the type of firearm or target used. ... Promotion of Rifle Practice]] (NBPRP), an advisory board to the Secretary of the Army, with a nearly identical charter to the NRA. The NBPRP (now known

... 1100]] shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons.]] ...ng from 5.5 mm (.22 inch ) bores up to 5 cm (2 inch) bores, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, [[double barreled s

==History of firearms and rifling== ...|thumb|left|260px|Replica of "Twin Sisters" smoothbores used in the Battle of San Jacinto.]]

...vation techniques. Military snipers are also adept at carrying out methods of infiltration, reconnaissance, and observation techniques.<ref>[http://scien The term ''sniper'' was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word ''''sharpshooter''''.<ref name="etymology"/> The verb ''to snipe''

... Fazakerley; ROF Theale, Berkshire; Lines Brothers Ltd; [[Long Branch]], [[Canada]] plus numerous sub-contractors making individual parts. }}The '''Sten''' (or '''Sten gun''') was a family of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]]s u

...th the firearm suppressor by [[Hiram Percy Maxim|Hiram Maxim]], using many of the same techniques to provide quieter-running engines. ...alled a ''silencer'' in the UK. The term ''silencer'' has since fallen out of favor among the firearms industry, being replaced with the more accurate te

... The table includes firearms made both before and after Olin's acquisition of Cooey in 1961. ...g Ontario''" whereas post-61 models will be stamped "''Winchester-Western (Canada) Ltd.''" or "''Winchester-Cooey''."

...tello' ISBN 1-84677-000-9 First published in 1841 entitled "The Adventures of a Soldier". Costello served with Plunkett and can both cite personally witn ...ineers Museum of Technology. See paragraph six in the section "Development of the lock"</ref>