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...ast 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted to 10 rounds. Handgun collectors are exempt f Australia is unusual in restricting air pistols and [[airsoft]] pistols extremely heavily. All airsoft firearms must have a unique Serial number th

...-kopel.html ''"What America can learn from Switzerland..."'', David Kopel, American Rifleman, February 1990]</ref> ...witzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training with service arms, or to shoot for sport and competition.]]

... A Comparison of Results from Two Recent National Surveys''. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CN ...rotection. The importance of guns also derives from the role of hunting in American culture, which remains popular as a sport in the country today.<ref name="a

...nforced polymer assault rifle [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. ...of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delta Force, FBI HRT, the German KSK and GSG 9 and countl

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...d a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock remained in military service for over 200 years, and flintlocks are still made today for historical re-e ...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

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In [[1976]], Cooper founded the ''American Pistol Institute''{API) in Paulden, Arizona (later the [[Gunsite Training C ... -- highly-modified pistols which were not appropriate for practical daily service, and which were tuned to fire only ammunition with small propellant charges

...erward, he served as Technical Editor of the National Rifle Association's "American Rifleman" magazine. * Julian S. Hatcher, ''Pistols and Revolvers and Their Use'', Marshallton, Del., Small-Arms Technical Pub.

...pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors' pistols. * '''[[FN Model 1910]]''': Developed before World War I, many M1910s were in service worldwide during World War II, and the type was produced for Luftwaffe airc

**[[PSG-90]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Swedish Service Weapon) ...German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

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... Turkish Army by Mauser. Its design echoed that of the German Gewehr 71/84 service rifle, being a bolt-action weapon with a tubular magazine beneath the barre ...r the Spanish armed forces, as well as for the militaries of several Latin American nations, and is dubbed, in common usage, the "7mm Mauser".

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...l passed by the Ohio Legislature signed into law, showed up yesterday with pistols at their sides for a ''Vermilion open carry shopping day,'' which was organ ...rounds -- assault rifles, mostly, Van Cleave said. Regular six-shooters or pistols with nine- or 10-shot magazines are not "firearms" under this Virginia law.

...Colt]] and other percussion revolvers. Some navies also adopted them, "sea service" examples often being made out of bronze which is largely unaffected by the