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...ally [[break open]] designs. Unlike double barrelled shotguns and double rifles, where single selective or double triggers are used to allow rapid firing o ...y of game could be encountered. A combination such as the .450-577 British service cartridge and a 12 gauge shotgun was common.

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...sive heating. This heating accelerates wear and drastically decreases the service life of critical operating parts such as the bolt, extractor, and extractor ...gement system was the [[MAS 62]]. The MAS 49/56 were withdrawn from active service in 1990 after their replacement by the FA MAS.

...t]] guarantees an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such a ...litia, "the activities [the Amendment] protects are not limited to militia service, nor is an individual's enjoyment of the right contingent upon his or her c

...ed more severe wounds than the then previous .45 [[Martini-Henry]] British service round. ... NATO]] cartridge caused a stir. When fired from early [[M16_rifle|M-16]] rifles with barrels featuring rifling cut to turn one revolution in 14 inches, the

...would soon be renamed and normalized into the army under the name the 95th Rifles Regiment of Foot. ...acy and range and was used throughout the Napoleonic Wars and continued in service until the 1830s.

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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

...gh reliability; the "nearly as hard as a diamond" firing pin provides long service life. ...und stress test resulted in a legible transfer rate of 100% (note that the service life of a typical military or police handgun is an order of magnitude highe

...iate supervision of someone with a licence)<ref>[http://www.police.govt.nz/service/firearms/arms-code.pdf The Arms Code]</ref>. Licences are issued at the dis ...ermission to own and use without registering any number of "sporting-type" rifles and shotguns (other than full-automatic) which is any rifle or shotgun that

...ssance among [[black powder]] shooting enthusiasts and many fine flintlock rifles and pistols are being made today. ...dian trade, and built the [[long rifle]], an improvement on the small game rifles used in Europe. This weapon has a barrel 90 to 115 centimeters long, and c

...ne]]).<ref>Hatcher, Julian. (1947). '''Hatcher's Notebook.''' The Military Service Press Company. ISBN 0-8117-0795-4 p. 67</ref> The distance the piston trave ... working parts of a rifle where they directly impinge on the bolt carrier. Rifles that use this system include the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and French [[MAS-49]].

...ke a non-enemy. With this in mind, the United States Federal Air Marshals Service tested and used the Glaser Safety Slug extensively in the 1970s and 80s on

...r attachments mounted under the barrel of a [[rifle]]. Alternatively, many rifles have been designed to fire [[rifle grenade]]s from their muzzle. Larger gre ...ers are the [[M203 grenade launcher|M203]] and [[GP-30]], which mount to [[service rifle]]s.

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...ceived. Under U.S. Postal regulations, handguns may be sent via the Postal Service only from one FFL to another FFL, or between authorized government official

... There is restriction in [[muzzle energy]] output - handguns up to 1000 J, rifles up to 6000 J. Automatic guns, laser sights, silencers and [[hollow point bu ...ing is a rifle or shotgun. Sportsmen are permitted to possess shotguns or rifles for hunting and for skeet and trap shooting, but only after submitting to a

...matic), [[air rifles]], [[paintball guns]], and [[airsoft|airsoft/soft air rifles]] (depending on State). * '''Category B''': [[centrefire]] rifles (not semi-automatic), [[Muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] firearms made after [[

...ictions did not cover [[rimfire]] rifles or manual (e.g., [[bolt action]]) rifles. Provinces have the choice to opt-out of this regulation. ...h as the Lee-Enfield and M1 Garand. The restrictions did not cover rimfire rifles. The provinces have the choice to opt-out of administering the Firearms Act

Military service weapons are stored by the Finnish Defence Forces, and are only given to the ...ly dangerous firearm or more than 5 pistols, revolvers or [[self-loading]] rifles or other-type firearms are being stored, they must be stored in a certified

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...witzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training with service arms, or to shoot for sport and competition.]] When their period of service has ended, militiamen have the choice of keeping their personal weapon and

... populace. Therefore the armed citizen soldier carried the responsibility. Service in militia, including providing your own ammunition and weapons, was mandat ...rearm|Fully-automatic firearm]]s of any kind (including military [[assault rifles]]) have been subject to registration and licensing requirements since the p

...ted that Americans owned 192 million guns, with 36% of these consisting of rifles, 34% handguns, 26% shotguns, and 4% other types of long guns.<ref name=nspo ...ess Told of ATF Seizures, Threats to Gun Buyers] 02-17-2006 Cybercast News Service</ref>

...ls during the Second World War, when Cooey was a main supplier of training rifles to the Canadian Army. ...there having been several ''unnumbered'' single shot and repeating sporter rifles produced before 1961. At least three unnumbered models of shotguns are kno

Not all grenades are thrown by hand. Several types are fired from rifles or purpose-designed [[grenade launcher]]s. For example, [[tear gas]] grenad ...se of a modified rifle with a blank cartridge to propel the grenade. These rifles would often be permanently fixed in wooden support frames and would not be

...le they produce. This hole is known as a permanent cavity. For comparison, rifles wound through temporary cavitation as well as permanent cavitation. A tempo ...fectiveness. One of them is [[penetration]]. The FBI's requirement for all service rounds is 12 inches penetration or greater in calibrated [[ballistic gelati

...ny cartridges share the same base dimensions, and a single shellholder can service many different cases. Shellholders are also specialized, and will generally ...idge cases, which are often difficult to obtain for older foreign military rifles. Military ammunition is often tightly sealed, to make it resistant to wate

...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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... 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 ...States military, for example, uses hollow-point bullets in some [[sniper]] rifles for their exceptional accuracy at long ranges, and believes that the hollow

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...ight Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalions. The M249 SAW will remain in service at the company level to be used at the discretion of company commanders. [[category:automatic rifles]]

...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 ...like traditional [[revolver]] cartridges commonly used in [[lever action]] rifles would still be loaded with pistol primers.

...field Model 1861]] Rifled Musket, managing to acquire a contract for 1,000 rifles from the US Army during the American Civil War. ...eloped into the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (or SMLE), the British service arm for many decades.

.... Steyr, Ruger, Savage, and several other gun makers now manufacture Scout rifles that roughly match Cooper's specifications, but most lack auxiliary iron si ...t, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."

... gun]]" in [[1836]], which was eventually adopted by the Prussian army for service in [[1841]] as the '''Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr''', or ''Prussian Model 1849' ...ned several experimental [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loading]] military rifles. Returning to Sömmerda, in [[1824]] he founded a company to manufacture [[

...ented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the ...inchester Model 1894|Model 1894]] and [[Winchester Model 1895|Model 1895]] rifles, most of which are still in production today in some form.

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...way rails, scrap motor vehicles and other scrap metal. The quality of such rifles varies widely, ranging from as good as a factory-produced example to danger ...r]], fitted with the triangular folding stock common to Russian [[AKS-74]] rifles.

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:''This FAQ was created for my own use. It is distributed as a public service. Corrections and submissions are welcome. Please send them via email to ben This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee"

...n1.jpg|thumb|right|The .303 [[Bren gun]]. British and Commonwealth LMG; in service with the former from 1938 to 1991.]] ...bipod]]. Early light machine guns (especially those derived from automatic rifles, such as the [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle]]) were sometimes [[Magazine

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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 ...4|Beretta Modello 1934]]''': A fine compact pistol adopted as the Italian service pistol before World War II, has become one of the most popular collectors'

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...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ... the Swedish version of [[Belgium| Belgian]] [[FN FNC]]. It is the main [[service rifle]] of the Swedish Armed Forces.

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...ache can simply conceal the contents on his person with ease. A cache of [[rifles]] and [[ammunition]] for a raiding party however, will require establishmen ...c storage considerations. This may require easy access for the planners to service these caches, as needed. Ultimately, resistance planners must balance the l

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... Patent Numbers]</ref>; he had previously been working on [[lever action]] rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester rifle#Winchester Model 1886|Winches ...ral thousand M1895 machine guns in 1914 for use in World War I, and it saw service in England, France, and various countries in South America.<ref name=handbo

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...ridge]], these were made to suit the British [[Webley Revolver|Webley .455 service revolver]] in the early 20th century. The ammunition used a 220 [[grain (me Some sporting arms are also referred to as "stoppers" or "stopping rifles". These powerful arms are often used by dangerous game hunters (or their gu

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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

Although his first submachinegun design was not accepted to service, his talents as a designer were noticed. From 1942 onwards Kalashnikov was ...Mikhtim" became the prototype for the development of a family of prototype rifles.<ref>Kalashnikov, Mikhail, "How and Why I Produced My Submachine Gun", in '

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... received the California Rifle and Pistol Association's Outstanding Public Service Award. Carter had appointed Abner J. Mikva, a fervent proponent of gun cont ...eir Guns: The National Rifle Association Story Through Nearly a Century of Service to the Nation''. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, 1967.

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The recent notices sent to owners of registered [[Norinco Type 97]] [[rifles]] and [[High Standard Model 10B]] Police [[Shotguns]], ordering them to sur # Non-firearm. This category includes working [[flintlock]] rifles, [[muskets]], shotguns, and miniature [[cannon]] as well as [[antique firea

...e than 20 rounds or a shotgun that holds more than seven rounds -- assault rifles, mostly, Van Cleave said. Regular six-shooters or pistols with nine- or 10- ...nn.com/2009/08/17/men-tote-assault-rifles-at-obama-event/ Men tote assault rifles at Obama event] CNN Politics, August 17th, 2009</ref> No crimes were commit

...s such as those made by [[Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company]], which made rifles with nominal powder capacities from 70 grains ([[.45-70]]) to 110 grains ([ ...oads in these calibers, which provided far more velocity and energy in the rifles, but were not safe in the revolvers due to the higher pressures they genera

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...ction continued until 1920 however, allowing the US to put the system into service if the need arose. Each device was shipped with a container allowing it to ..., five years before the Garand had even started serial production. Mark I rifles were altered to M1903 standard (except for a curious ejection slot that rem

...is chambered. Although the C-2 was an effective weapon, it didn't see much service outside Argentina but predates designs such as the Škorpion vz. 61 and Ing ...n dampened, due to the introduction of carbines based on full-size assault rifles (such as the [[M4 Carbine]] variant of the [[M16 rifle#M16A2|M16A2]]) that

...to stationary targets on the ground, first with the BB gun and then with a service rifle having its front and rear sights taped over. ...sed by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) for use in training personnel to use rifles, submachineguns, and handguns.

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...le examples being various grenade launchers and riot guns, and even some [[rifles]]. ...:Webley-Mk-IV-p1030100.jpg|thumb|A [[Webley]] Mk VI .455 calibre top-break service revolver]]

...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

...se the effective range of the grenade. The idea was first widely put into service during World War I and continues to this day. Many armies have replaced ri ...unchers. The grenade launcher also adds the burden of the launcher to the service-member's load and in the case of under-barrel grenade launchers, to his pri

...libersAndTwists.html Products::Rifle Barrels::Calibers and Twists], Shilen Rifles, Inc.</ref> ...ade with 1 in 7 inches (180 mm) twist rates, the same as used for the M16. Rifles, which generally fire longer, smaller diameter bullets, will in general hav

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...Many NATO member nations, but not all, subsequently developed or purchased rifles with the ability to accept this type of magazine. ...gazines can be made to almost any capacity, though those used for military service usually hold 20 or 30 rounds of [[5.56x45mm NATO]] ammunition. 40-round box

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...he [[AVS-36|Simonov AVS-36]], which entered service in the 1930s would see service in the early part of [[World War II]], up to about 1940 or so where it was ...[[7.62 x 54 mm R]], which was at that point standard amongst [[Russia]]n [[rifles]]; unfortunately, as had been found with [[Fedor Tokarev]]'s [[SVT-40]], th

... rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of under ...ough certain weapons issued to special forces units are rarely considered 'service weapons' in the truest sense, certain specialist [[rifle]]s and [[submachin

...e Second World War, but although HE projectiles were designed and put into service, the limiting of the shell diameter to the muzzle bore reduced their mass t ...nition which delivered large numbers of bullets at ranges far greater than rifles or machine guns could attain - up to 6,500 yards by 1914. A typical shrapne

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For example, the contemporary [[Brown Bess]] [[musket]], in service with the British military from 1722 to 1838, 19 mm (.75 inch) smoothbore ba ...eloped earlier. The development of more accurate and deadlier long-range [[rifles]] minimized the usefulness of the shotgun on the open battlefields of Europ

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...r.jpg|thumb|The [[Accuracy International]] Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of many countries, including those of Brita ...ate manufacturing, allowed armies to equip specially-trained soldiers with rifles that would enable them to deliver precise shots over greater distances than

...eech-loading into the now-obsolete muzzle-loaders, thereby extending their service life. In 1891 a new function was assigned to the Armory &ndash;&ndash; it b ...acteristics superior to the "trapdoor" Springfield and [[Krag-Jørgensen]] rifles carried by the United States troops. On [[August 15]], [[1900]], Springfiel

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...uger produces bolt-action, semi-automatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and double-action revo rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers.

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...mparing the dates of the early Bergman prototypes with the Beretta date of service entry. While the Beretta 1918 became standard issue a couple of months prio ... go on to serve as the basis for later weapons and have the longest active service life of the three.

...rers even claim service life in excess of 50,000 rounds, which exceeds the service life of most firearm barrels, this has not been confirmed. ...tling or "phut" sound. Some films even depict silenced 7.62 mm NATO sniper rifles &mdash; a weapon that creates a supersonic boom &mdash; making only a quiet

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...1A]] magazines, [[M1911]] magazines, [[FN/FAL]]s and [[L1A1]]s, [[Mauser]] rifles, pre-1899 [[cartridge]] guns, and European Ammo Box Markings Translations. ...[Winchester Model 1890]] pump or [[Winchester Low Wall]] [[single shot]] [[rifles]] are ideal.)

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...958 and remained in British service until 1964. However after 1971 Webley service revolvers were manufactured by the government-owned [[Royal Small Arms Fact ... .38/200 remained in use through World War Two, and the pistol remained in service as a substitute standard weapon into the early 1960s.

...cussion rifles that used a revolver cylinder instead of a magazine. These rifles were produced in various configurations including both single and double tr ...e agency protected U.S. officials prior to the creation of the U.S. Secret Service. He is said to have armed his men with Tranter double trigger revolvers. A

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...ational Parks Conservation Association, and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03 ...mpaign to refer to [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] or self-loading rifles.<ref>[http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/msassaultweapons "Federal Gu

...57b01a6a0 "Bungled gun registry focus of Fraser's report"], ''CanWest News Service'', 5-17-06</ref>}} ...ollectors have had their collections stolen, including antique pistols and rifles. Some are suggesting that the gun registry (both long gun and hand gun regi

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...in the state of California that effectively banned all [[.50 BMG]]-caliber rifles from being sold in the state. The law took effect on January 1, 2005.<ref n ...into effect. To quote the state web site, the act "regulates the .50 BMG rifles in essentially the same manner as assault weapons." <ref name="50faq">"[htt

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...cilities and the newly formed Franco-Russian Alliance, an order of 500,000 rifles was placed with the French arms factory, [[Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de ...tents for automatic rifles; he had previously been working on lever action rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester 1886]].

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...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"

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...tiles from rifles that could be carried by a single soldier, and anti-tank rifles were replaced with [[shaped charge|shaped-charge]] weapons of which the bes ...he first [[anti-tank]] weapons, among the first of which were high-powered rifles. These had appeared in the 1800s for big-game hunting. The anti-tank rifle

...ing company. Products include the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and [[M4 carbine|M4]] rifles. ArmaLite has changed hands many times as shown in the history below. ...16 in a rifle capable of competing for the many expected contracts for new rifles.

...limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles. ...attle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles:

...13]] was mainly sold on the civilian market. These weapons were taken into service during the Spanish civil war. ...ufacturing line for high level 1911 and a manufacturing line for [[AR-15]] rifles, StG-15 & StG-4, to be distributed on the European, Asian, South American a

20 semi automatic rifles are competing after 1900 and the Meunier is adopted in 1913 but it is decid A first batch of 864 rifles is tested in combat.The Meunier was the first rifle to use a high velocity

...a section for automatic rifles listing several semi-automatic self-loading rifles, but not a single fully automatic weapon. On the other hand, soldiers of th ...f automatic rifle, however both the AK-47 and the M-16 are called "assault rifles" even though the first "off-safe" position of the fire selector is semi-aut

|products= [[rifles]] ... Today the company has contracts with dozens of countries to supply sniper rifles.

... older military [[bolt-action]] or [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] rifles such as the [[Mosin Nagant]] or the [[M1 Garand]].<ref>Pomeroy, Ashley, ''B ...e application occurs; for example, a few relatively compact selective-fire rifles in 7.62x51mm NATO caliber have been produced.<ref>Pomeroy, Ashley, ''Battle

... chambers to facilitate extraction. Lacking fluted chambers, both of these rifles required cases lubricated with wax (Pedersen) or oil (Schwarzlose).

...ovements in design. By the mid 1800s and during the Civil War, bolt-action rifles were being used widely as cavalry weapons as well as for snipers. World War Today, bolt-action rifles are chiefly used as hunting rifles. These rifles can be used to hunt anything from vermin, to deer, to large game, especiall

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... barrel was dirty from previous firings ("fouled"). For this reason, early rifles were not generally used for military purposes. Early rifle bullets required ...e rifling. In 1855, the British adopted the Minié ball for their Enfield rifles.

The concept was first used in [[bolt action]] rifles such as the [[Thorneycroft carbine]] of 1901, although the increased distan ...ion. The EM-2 was adopted by the UK in 1951 as the world's first (limited) service bullpup rifle but was promptly displaced by the adoption of the 7.62 mm (0.

... waste of ammunition and very poor performance of soldiers who fired their rifles in fully-automatic mode during the Vietnam War.

The FRT disk does not notice the fact that three quite different rifles have been marketed as the "Winchester Model 70" -- for commercial reasons. ...ke that is completely different in mechanism from the M-16/AR-15 family of rifles)...

...tion, which it shares with many German weapons. The CETME series of battle rifles was manufactured in five models, the A, B, C, L , LC and LV models. The pri ... MG 3 (Which is still in service) with AMELI (with only about 300 units in service and many units with functional problems due to low quality materials; furth

... established cartridge arms was the [[Spencer repeating rifle]], which saw service in the American Civil War. It was named based on the chamber dimensions, r ...]], [[.357 Magnum]], [[.35 Remington]] || Generally .357 for revolvers and rifles, .355 in autoloaders

...3.34% of violent crimes in Canada in 1996, and non-restricted shotguns and rifles were used in 0.3% of violent crimes that year.11 The vast majority of the ...ars to verify the accuracy of registration information on all shotguns and rifles. Despite this backlog, as this is written in 2002, eight firearm officers r

..., were developed from rifles, being essentially shortened versions of full rifles firing the same [[ammunition]], although usually at a lower [[velocity]]. T ...uns and thus harder to maneuver in close quarters. Like full-sized assault rifles, carbines have higher muzzle blast and recoil and may [[stopping power#Over

... &ndash; February 23, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary detai ...f>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/sniper.htm Sniper Rifles] GlobalSecurity ''"During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army placed

...length and diameter of cartridges for the different kinds and calibers of rifles and pistols. The ''best'' cartridge for different purposes is subject to mu ...espite its name, it is often fired in pistols and revolvers in addition to rifles), though far less effective than centerfire handguns, can be concealed in s

...n 40701 ''et seq''). Apart from a donation of surplus .22 and .30 caliber rifles in the Army's inventory to the CMP, the CMP receives no Federal funding. ...ield rifle|M1917 Enfield]], [[M1 carbine|M1 Carbine]], and [[.22 caliber]] rifles for sale to members of affiliated organizations. Ammunition and other acce

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...the 19th century. The [[Colt Revolver Rifle]], one of the first repeating rifles, and used during the American Civil War. In addition to this were a large ...e military market, where they held the primary contracts for production of rifles for the US military.

... or the RCMP. British subjects did not need a permit for [[shotguns]] or [[rifles]] they already owned; they only needed one for newly acquired firearms. Per Re-registration was postponed because of World War II. During the war years, rifles and shotguns had to be registered. This was discontinued after the war ende

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