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... to the '''Winchester Model 1873''' or the '''[[Winchester Model 1894]]''' rifles. Winchester rifles were among the earliest [[repeating rifle]]s, and as such the Winchester na

...5A1 rifles.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Marines snipers with L115A1 rifles. These rifles are similar to the [[L115A3]] Long Range Rifle used by [[Craig Harrison]] b ...anadian [[Arron Perry|Master Corporal Arron Perry]] of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry to beat Hathcock's record. Perry held the title for only a

...nformation from the registry has ever been introduced into evidence in any Canadian court. This should not be construed as suggesting that registration of a f ... instead of requiring gun registration, far more lives would be saved. The Canadian Press reported that a committee made up of then–Justice Minister Vic Toew

* The Canadian government's amnesty for [[long gun registry]] compliance was extended unti ...Firearms Support Services Directorate]] of RCMP was merged to create the [[Canadian Firearms Program]].

...Belgium and the Canadian Army. The .280 British was tested in a variety of rifles and machineguns including the [[EM-2]], [[Lee-Enfield]], [[FN FAL]], [[Bren ...ed that the [[7.62x51 NATO]] cartridge was too powerful for use in assault rifles, and was forced to make the change to [[5.56x45mm NATO]], which demonstrate

...] in most roles. It is popular due to the large number of surplus military rifles chambered for the round which have been released to the civilian market, so ...found ranging from around .309 inch up to .318 inch. For surplus military rifles with bores of .313 or larger, achieving accuracy with other than handloaded

... machine guns. A [[McMillan TAC-50]] .50 BMG [[sniper rifle]] was used by Canadian Corporal [[Rob Furlong]] to bring off the longest-range confirmed [[sniper] ...especially for this round. The previous standard for ammunition for sniper rifles was .30-06, but the .50 round is more accurate at extreme range.

...ment stopped nagging law-abiding gun owners, by granting an amnesty from [[Canadian gun registry|registration]] (later extended until May 16, 2011), while 206 ...unced it was closing the New Haven, Connecticut plant where [[Winchester]] rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the

...d [[High Standard Model 10B]] shotguns, ordering them to surrender their [[Canadian gun registry|firearm(s) and registration certificates]]. ...arliamentary hearings into the [[long-gun registry]], the President of the Canadian Police Association, Charles Momy, admitted to the House of Commons Public S

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The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was introduced to military service in rifles and [[machine gun]]s. It was introduced in U.S. service in the [[M14 rifle| ...he UK, Canada, and Belgium on the other, the argument was settled when the Canadian Army announced they would be happy to use the .280, but only if the U.S. di

Semi-automatic and automatic rifles, including the [[AK-47]], are often subject to special limitations on their ...c firearms since the 1930s in most parts of the country), and therefore AK rifles, even in semi-automatic form, are not allowed (before 1996, semi-automatic

The Canadian company [[Colt Canada]] (formerly [[Diemaco]]) licensed production of a rif |Canadian 3rd Generation

...ced huge volumes of dense smoke when fired, a disadvantage compared to air rifles. ...[[Austria]] and other nations had special [[sniper]] detachments using air rifles. The Austrian 1780 model was named ''Windbüchse'' (literally "wind rifle"

...57 Mauser]], [[.303 British]], and [[7.62x54R]] made many smokeless powder rifles manufactured in the 1890s quite capable of accurate shooting at long distan *Buffalo rifles

... to make them more compact in form and fold better onto the sides of their rifles (see [[Mosin Nagant]] model of 1944). It is said that self-inflicted wounds ...k of a close-quarter combat, many soldiers revert to using bayonet-mounted rifles as clubs, this apparently being a more "natural" way of fighting (as descri

|caption= Early Mark Bren LMG, photo from a Canadian factory [[Image:Bren2.jpg|thumb|right|Bren carried by a [[Canadian]] soldier in [[1945]].]]

It all started when the Canadian Firearms Registry [CFR] first noticed (in 2000, ten years after it happened The CFC's discovery could not have come at a worse time. The Canadian Firearms Centre was bogged down, unable to issue all the required licences

1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out i Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms establishes that the rights and liberties gu

...f>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/sniper.htm Sniper Rifles] GlobalSecurity ''"During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army placed ... At one point, he took careful aim at a courier carrying a load of assault rifles and ammunition on a bicycle. He had second thoughts when he saw a 12-year-o