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...g_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target from 1.5 m
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...M)''' is a military [[marksman]] role in a U.S. infantry squad. The term ''sniper'' is used in [[Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n doctrine. The analogous role in th
...ined in quick and precise shooting, but unlike the more specialised "true" sniper, they are also intended to lay down accurate rapid fire.
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Some projects to reuse the MAS 49/56 as a semi automatic sniper rifle have been launched in 2007.
*Huon, Jean. Proud Promise--French Semiautomatic Rifles: 1898-1979, Collector Grade Publications,1995,ISBN 0-88935-186-4
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...on was to make a larger gun. The largest bore guns in common use (and bore rifles with the advent of breech loading and rifling in the late 1800s) included t
=== Nitro Express rifles ===
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...ono-metal rods, but they often have to be fired from custom made full bore rifles with special barrels<ref>[http://www.lima-wiederladetechnik.de/Englisch/LM-
...hot. Ballistic tables for small calibre projectiles (fired from pistols or rifles) assume that gravity is acting nearly perpendicular to the bullet path. If
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...(19.2 in)<br>G2 Commando:405 mm (15.9 in)<br>G2 SMG:320 mm (12.6 in)<br>G2 Sniper 620 mm (24.4 in)
The first French bullpup rifles were developed between 1946 and 1950 at the AME (''Atelier Mécanique de Mu
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...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,
FAL rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations,
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...://fnhusa1.com/PDF/FN_MIL_SCAR.pdf FN SCAR. The Next Generation of Assault Rifles], FNH USA</ref>
...ger Regiment was the first large unit deployed into combat with 600 of the rifles in 2009.<ref name="ArmyTimes200905">[http://armytimes.com/news/2009/05/army
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====Semi-automatic and select-fire rifles====
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...f the war due to its exceptional accuracy.<ref>''Without Warning: Canadian Sniper Equipment'' ([[Service Publications]], 2005).</ref>
The [[Ross Rifle Company|Ross Rifle Co.]] made sporting rifles from early in its production, most notably chambered in [[.280 Ross]], intr
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...cities and, typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "gu
...secondary method of attack used in close combat. For example, arms such as rifles, muskets, and occasionally [[submachine gun]]s can have [[bayonet]]s affixe
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...rearm|Fully-automatic firearm]]s of any kind (including military [[assault rifles]]) have been subject to registration and licensing requirements since the p
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* [[Howdah pistol]]s, often made from double-barrelled rifles.
Many rifles are able to achieve bullet velocities of over 3,000 feet (910 m) per second
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...ries of [[handguns]] and the high-precision [[Heckler & Koch PSG1|PSG1]] [[sniper rifle]]. Heckler & Koch is known for the extreme precision, durability, rel
...my). In 1991 in the wake of the cancellation of the [[HK G41|G41]] and G11 rifles, H&K was bought by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division. Their major
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... bullets, especially those intended for use at high velocity in centerfire rifles, are ''jacketed'', i.e. a portion of the lead-cored bullet is wrapped in a
...ef name="gunzone">[http://www.thegunzone.com/opentip-ammo.html Memorandum: Sniper Use of Open-Tip Ammunition], W. Hays Parks, Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG
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*1,112 mm (43.8 in) stock extended / 845 mm (33.3 in) stock folded (Sniper)
*508 mm (20 in) (Sniper)
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The [[biathlon]] rifles include the 7-2, 7-3/7-3A youth/women's models as well as the 7-4 and 7-4A
...[AK-74]],[[AN-94]],[[AK-101]],[[AK-103]],[[AK-107]],AKS-74U series assault rifles
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...S. Repeating Arms closed the New Haven, Connecticut plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the
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... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles.
...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser
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...pular firearms, including the American [[M16 Rifle|M16]]/[[M4 Carbine|M4]] rifles and the popular [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series sub-machine guns. The RIS/RAS
...based [[Mark 11 Mod 0 Sniper Weapon System]] and the [[M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System]].<ref>[http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=arti
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...>M1912 Short Rifle<br/>M1923 Sniper Rifle<br/>M1925 Sniper Rifle<br/>M1930 Sniper Rifle
...e Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the magazine of the Krag-Jørgens
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...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref>
|variants= SMLE Mk III*, (HT) Telescopic Sighted Sniper Rifle, Mk III* Grenade-Launching Rifle
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sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling,
adaptor. These rifles occasionally appear in Shotgun News (in the
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* Philippine [[MSSR rifle|MSSR]] sniper rifle
* Polish [[Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl]] and [[Beryl wz.96]] assault rifles
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...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war
== Rifles ==
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*[[AS-50 sniper rifle]]
*[[Beretta|Beretta Rifles]]
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Regular [[Sniper rifle|'sniper' rifle]]s. Including scoped variants of regular weapons, dedicated designs,
* [[Vigilance Rifles 408 Cheytac Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifles]]
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...iants and related designs|M14K]], [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]], [[XM25 Sniper Rifle|XM25]]
...is for the [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]] and [[M25 Sniper Rifle|M25]] [[sniper rifle]]s.
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...led that many U.S. infantrymen (as many as 2/3) never actually fired their rifles in combat. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as sub
Existing rifles were poorly suited to real-world combat for both of these reasons. Although
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...War I and World War II, and some cases in Vietnam. It was also used as a [[sniper rifle]] in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Furthermore, it remains in use
...98 [[Krag-Jørgensen|Krag]] and contemporary German [[Mauser]] bolt-action rifles. The M1903 not only replaced the various versions of the Krag, but also th
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... of the United States military (the M1903 retaining a valuable role as a [[sniper rifle]]), and was subsequently replaced by the select-fire [[M14 rifle|M14]
... II, the Korean War, and, to a limited extent, in the Vietnam War. Most M1 rifles were issued to [[United States|American]] troops, though many were also len
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...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine.
...re not significantly easier to carry or maintain than the existing service rifles (such as the M1903 and Garand).
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|type= [[Sniper Rifle]]
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...today is also used in high-powered [[sniper rifle]]s and long range target rifles due to its excellent long range accuracy, [[external ballistics]] performan
===M2 as sniper rifle===
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... intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on [[caliber]
...other two categories (submachine guns and autocannons), machine guns (like rifles) tend to share a very high ratio of barrel length to caliber (a long barrel
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...ed to face down large amounts of hostile tribesmen, whilst armed only with rifles. Until the 1800s, even the fastest [[musket]]eer could manage three or four
...rmy went on the assault, the soldiers who had trained for years with their rifles were mown down in minutes by automatic fire and shrapnel. This was a contin
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...a [[rifle]] due to the smaller area of sight. The key is, as with shooting rifles, is to line up the front notch at the front of the pistol's [[pistol slide|
...as often shared by rifle shooters due to the energy of the recoil of their rifles dissipating against their shoulders. However, when shooting a pistol it is
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...einmetall]]. ''Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH'' was split off and continues making rifles, while the Rheinmetal subsidiary, called ''Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensys
Note that the model names of the following Mauser rifles are split between company designations and German military designations. Fo
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|type= [[Sniper rifle]] / [[designated marksman rifle]]
... Forces of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, is a heavily modified light [[sniper]]/[[designated marksman]] variation of the [[AR-15]]/[[M16 rifle|M16]] line
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...rms from 1891 until the 1960s in many Eastern European nations, when the [[sniper]] rifle variant was replaced by the [[SVD rifle|SVD]] (Снайперска
... the requirements, a "Special Commission for the testing of Magazine[-fed] Rifles" was formed to test new designs.
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The [[CheyTac Intervention|.408 Chey Tac Intervention heavy sniper rifle's]] light recoil is attributed to the McArthur PGRS-1 muzzle brake. T
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...ragunov Sniper Rifle]] though not one single part interchanges between the rifles. The PSL is chambered for the same venerable Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30 [[7
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* [[Parker Hale M82]] (sniper rifle)
* [[Parker Hale C3]] (sniper rifle)
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...the Minors' License. This licence allows a minor to possess non-restricted rifles or shotguns without needing to be under direct supervision of a licensed ad
'''Non-restricted''' - Most [[long guns]], rifles and shotguns are classified non-restricted.
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...iginally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shooting sports]].
...ellulose]]), although other means such as compressed air are used in [[air rifles]], which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual sho
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...oluntary civil guard project “Mishmar Esrachi,” which even had its own sniper teams. The Army’s Youth Group program, “Gadna”, trained 15 to 16-year
...ssession of pistols even for competitive sporting purposes. [[Small-bore]] rifles remain permitted for competition however.
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...0 sniper rifle (USA)]</ref> is a [[Semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[sniper rifle]] designed by [[Eugene Stoner]] and manufactured by [[Knight's Armame
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...s a [[sniper]] sight, but is rather intended to be mounted on a variety of rifles and to be used by all infantrymen. A similar device is the [[Advanced Comb
...is also used in the armies of Cameroon, Oman, Spain and Sweden, in assault rifles such as the [[Ak 5|Swedish Ak5-B]] and the [[CETME Model L|Spanish CETME LV
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...s production plans were made: production was anticipated to be two million rifles per year by 1942. Production began at Tula Arsenal in 1939.
...rter than the otherwise similar PU scope used on the Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 sniper rifle.
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*''Lehká odstřelovačská puška'' ("light sniper rifle") '''vz. 58/97''': Experimental marksman rifle developed by VTÚVM Sl
...ave a new varnish coat (identical to the coating used on original military rifles).
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