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|action= [[Recoil operated]] The US [[National Firearms Act]] of 1934 placed a $200 tax on machine guns making exports of the ''Sch

...avy machine guns are either crew-served or mounted, while MMGs are usually operated by one to two soldiers. Light machine guns and automatic rifles are often a ...], the [[Cei-Rigotti]] rifle, the [[Madsen 1902]], as well as lighter, gas-operated, air-cooled designs.

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...ly varying power that a [[gas operation|gas]] or [[recoil operation|recoil operated]] firearm would fail to cycle, such as most [[less than lethal]] rounds. T Most pump-action firearms do not have any positive indication that they are out of ammunition, so it

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas operated]], [[rotating bolt]] The weapon is fed from box [[Magazine (firearms)|magazines]] with a 40-round capacity or a 75-round [[drum magazine]], both

...r operating systems are [[Blowback|blowback operated]], [[Gas-Operated|gas operated]], [[Gatling Gun|gatling]], and [[chain gun|chain]]. : Bullet mass × bullet velocity = recoiling mass × recoil velocity

|action= [[recoil-operated]] ...nning in [[1906]].<ref name="FamousFirearms">Herring, Hal (2008). ''Famous Firearms of the Old West: From Wild Bill Hickok's Colt Revolvers to Geronimo's Winch

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|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], tilting breechblock The [[Canadian Armed Forces]] and [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] operated several versions, the most common being the C1A1, similar to the British L1

.... A semi-automatic mode is a common choice on [[selective fire]] firearms. Firearms capable of firing [[Burst mode|bursts]] of more than one round (usually thr ...der moving the next round into position. Semi-automatic function uses the recoil force generated by the last fired cartridge combined with spring action in

A semi-automatic pistol functions by using the energy from the recoil of a single round of [[ammunition]] to extract and eject a fired cartridge ...ling back and releasing ("racking") the slide mechanism, after which the [[recoil operation]] of the handgun when fired automatically extracts, ejects, and r

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|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.

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