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H&R was the exclusive manufacturer of the US test version of the FN FAL, designated the T48 rifle, in the trials to select a replacement service rifle for the M1 Garand, but the US Army Ordnance Department instead adopted the M1-derived T44 as "US Rifle M-14", awarding H&R one of three contracts to produce the M14 rifle during that rifle's ...
New Orleans Police Department officers returned fire with two officers being wounded in the gun fight. [1] [2] [12] [11] Witnesses and law enforcement officials said the driver was shooting with an assault rifle; he also had a handgun. [4] [7] [11] Witnesses also said he was wearing full military gear. [13] Officers killed the suspect in the ...
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.
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Marlin Model XL7, a long action center fire bolt-action rifle available in .30-06, .270, and .25-06; Marlin Model XS7, a short action center fire bolt-action rifle available in .308, .243 Win, and 7mm-08; Marlin Model 1881, one of the earliest large caliber lever-action repeating rifles
MK 22 PSR (Precision Sniper Rifle) is the designation for the Barrett MRAD variant ordered by the US Army. In 2021, the US Army awarded Barrett a US$49.9 million contract for delivery of 2,800 MK22 PSR rifles, [ 18 ] while the Marine Corps planned to order 250. [ 19 ]
The .308 Winchester has a 3.64 mL (56 gr H 2 O) cartridge case capacity. [9] The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions. .308 Winchester maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All dimensions in millimeters (mm) and inches.
400 pound Tiger taken by Reverend H. R. Caldwell using a Savage Model 99 chambered for .22 Savage Hi-Power. The .22 Savage Hi-Power's relatively high velocity for the time and "shocking" power led to an initial surge of popularity, and was attributed with almost magical killing powers even on large and dangerous soft-skinned game such as tigers.