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150,000,000 [ 6 ][ 7 ] 5 million milled AK type 3, 10 million AKM,[ 8 ]5 million AK-74 [ 9 ]15-20 million Chinese Type 56 [ 10 ] 3 million Yugoslav Zastava M70, 2 million East German Mpi. Several million Egyptian Maadi. Mauser Gewehr 98. (and similar) Bolt-action rifle.
The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. [14] By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised".
Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock in 1996. The longest confirmed kill in World War II was by German sniper Matthäus Hetzenauer at 1,100 metres (1,200 yd). The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [ 12 ]
USMC Precision Weapons Section 7.62×51mm NATO: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto) United States: 2001 USMC M16 SAM-R: USMC Precision Weapons Section 5.56×45mm NATO: Direct impingement (semi-auto) United States: 2001 Brügger & Thomet APR: Brügger & Thomet: 7.62×51mm NATO.308 Winchester.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action Switzerland: 2003 Yirtiji 7.62
The Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and popular hunting rifles of all time. It was designed by John Browning in 1894 and originally chambered to fire two metallic black powder cartridges, the .32-40 Winchester and .38-55 Winchester.
Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Though it was initially too expensive for most shooters, the Model 1894 went on to become one of the best-selling hunting rifles of all time – it had the distinction of being the first sporting rifle to sell over one million units, ultimately selling over seven million before U.S.-production was discontinued in 2006.
6.5×52mm Carcano. 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer. 7.92×57mm Mauser. 1891. Kingdom of Italy. Dreyse needle gun. Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge. 1835. Kingdom of Prussia.