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Featured Article OOPS! Well, this is embarrassing. We don't seem to have an article of the day for this date. Maybe you could help us out and make or suggest one. (It's fun! trust us.) [more] What else happened today 1868 — Georg Luger is promoted to Cadett-Corporal with the Reserve Officer Cadet with the 78th Infantry Regiment. Newest articles Most popular this month Contact shot - ( 37529 views ) Cartridge - ( 30711 views ) Cooey model 84 - ( 30623 views ) Cooey model 60 - ( 28091 views ) Cooey model 39 - ( 26579 views ) AR-15 - ( 25266 views ) SIG Sauer P226 - ( 23050 views ) Cooey model 82 - ( 22481 views ) Ross rifle - ( 22319 views ) Table of Cooey firearms - ( 21923 views )

Food for thought No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before. - Colin Greenwood, in the study "Firearms Control", 1972 Did you know? In 1996 there was a merger between Lakefield Arms (Ontario), Savage Arms Inc., and Passive Bullet Traps Inc., amalgamating under the name Savage Sports Incorporated. The 22-250 is based on the 250-3000 Savage case necked down to .22 caliber and is so named because of the caliber (22) and the parent case (250). Tikka (and Sako) are now owned by Beretta. Recently updated articles Contact shot ( Admin ) - [ 22:47, 13 April 2024 ] 5.7x28mm ( Admin ) - [ 12:46, 20 February 2024 ] Cooey model 39 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 15:18, 30 March 2020 ] SIG Sauer P226 ( Admin ) - [ 09:34, 29 February 2020 ] Ross rifle ( Terr1959 ) - [ 04:50, 22 August 2018 ] Cooey model 84 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 20:28, 24 June 2018 ] Full metal jacket bullet (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 14:03, 18 March 2018 ] List of assault rifles (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:59, 17 March 2018 ] Veronica Foster ( Admin ) - [ 09:52, 11 January 2018 ] Lee-Enfield FAQ (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:34, 25 June 2017 ] Latest duscussions Talk:Ross rifle Talk:5.7x28mm Talk:Concealed carry in the United States

Article Of The Moment The Welin breech block is a stepped, interrupted thread breech, invented by Axel Welin in 1889 or 1890. Shortly after, Vickers acquired the British patents. Though the US Navy was offered the design a year or two later, they declined and the American Bethlehem Steel spent the next five years in trying to circumvent Welin's patent, before having to buy it through Vickers. The Welin breech was a single motion screw, allowing it to be operated much faster than previous interrupted-thread breeches, and it became very common on Anglo-American large calibre naval artillery and also field artillery above about 4.5 inches (110 mm). See also Rifled Breech Loader