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Accurizing. Ruger 10/22 carbines, before accurizing (top) and after (below). Externally visible changes are the target-style stock, the more vertical thumbhole grip, the free-floated bull barrel, and a muzzle brake. Accurizing is the process of improving the accuracy and precision of a gun (firearm or airgun).
Antique firearms. Referencing the elite pastimes of hunting and writing, this Turkish ceremonial jeweled rifle set includes a dagger, pen case, penholder with pen, penknife, cleaner, and a spoon-all conveniently housed within the rifle butt, Walters Art Museum. An antique firearm is a term used to describe a firearm that was designed and ...
In 1915, Stevens led the U.S. arms business in target and small game guns. [4] On May 28, 1915, New England Westinghouse, a division of Westinghouse Electric, purchased Stevens. New England Westinghouse was created specifically to fulfill a contract to produce 1.8 million Mosin-Nagant rifles for Czar Nicholas II of Russia for use in World War I ...
Gas-piston-operated weapon systems, firearm accessories, drop-in triggers, patriotic artwork, bolt carriers, bolts, upper receivers, barrel nut heatsinks, E^2 (E-Squared) barrels Proarms Proarms Armory Czech Republic Civilian, law enforcement, military Remington Eliphalet Remington: Remington Arms: United States Civilian, law enforcement, military
List of firearms. This is an extensive list of small arms —including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles ...
Coach gun. A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from 18 to 24 inches (460 to 610 mm) in length, placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotguns on stagecoaches by shotgun messengers in the American ...
The Winchester Model 52 was a bolt-action .22-caliber target rifle introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1920. For many years it was the premier smallbore match rifle in the United States, if not the world. Known as the "King of the .22s," the Model 52 Sporter was ranked by Field & Stream as one of "the 50 best guns ever made ...
Choke (firearms) A choke is a tapered constriction of a firearm barrel at its muzzle end. Chokes are most commonly seen on shotguns, but are also used on some rifles, pistols, or even airguns. [1] Notably, some .22 LR match rifles have a constricted bore diameter near the muzzle. [citation needed] Chokes are almost always used with modern ...