enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of recoilless rifles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recoilless_rifles

    Carl Gustav recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84 mm SS AT Sweden: 1946 55 S 55: FDF Vammaskoski factory 89 mm SS AT Finland: 1955 RCL 3.45 inch Gun: Broadway Trust Company 3.45 in (88 mm) SS RCL United Kingdom: M67: 3.54 in (90 mm) SS RCL United States: 1960s Pvpj 1110: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 90x760 mm HEAT SS RCL Sweden: 1953 95 S 58-61: ...

  3. Recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoilless_rifle

    An M40 recoilless rifle on its M79 "wheelbarrow" tripod Diagram of the operation of a recoilless rifle using a vented case. A recoilless rifle (), recoilless launcher (), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) [1] is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant ...

  4. .404 Jeffery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.404_Jeffery

    The .404 Jeffery was popular with hunters and game wardens in Africa because of its good performance with manageable recoil. By way of comparison, the .416 Rigby and .416 Remington Magnum cartridges fire .416 in (10.57 mm) bullets of 400 gr (26 g) at 2,400 feet per second (730 m/s) with a muzzle energy of approximately 5,000 foot-pounds force ...

  5. List of rifles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rifles

    A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.

  6. .318 Westley Richards - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.318_Westley_Richards

    Westley Richards introduced the .318, primarily for use in their M98 Mauser and later their P14 Enfield based bolt action sporting rifles. The .318 Westley Richards is a rimless bottlenecked cartridge intended for big game hunting throughout the British Empire. The bullet diameter is actually .330", the naming is due to British nomenclature ...

  7. Browning BAR - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_BAR

    The Mossy Oak version has a composite stock, and the entire rifle is painted in camouflage colors. [2] Depending on variant and cartridge, the barrel is 22, 23 or 24 in (560, 580 or 610 mm). Long or Short differ on the action length, and the ShortTrac (BAR ST) can accommodate cartridge lengths up to .308 Winchester , while LongTrac (BAR LT) can ...

  8. Bor rifle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor_rifle

    The muzzle is fitted with a double-baffle muzzle brake, which is claimed to reduce recoil by up to 30%. The "in-line" design of the barrel-receiver group also directs recoil rearwards in a straight line, minimizing muzzle flip. A sturdy adjustable bipod is fitted to the front of the fore-end. The rifle features a fully adjustable buttstock and ...

  9. Mauser M 98 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauser_M_98

    The Mauser M 98 series rifles are practically a civilian version of the Karabiner 98k, which was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser 98 military rifles of World War I and World War II. Vaguely similar to the latter rifle in appearance, the M 98 is offered in many different hunting chamberings, not like the original service ...