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2. Bolt action - Wikipedia

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   Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed). The majority of bolt-action firearms are rifles, but there are also some variants of shotguns and handguns that are bolt-action.

3. Cane gun - Wikipedia

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   A cane gun is a walking cane with a hidden gun built into it. Cane guns are sometimes mistaken for similar-looking " poacher's guns ". These are usually a more portable and more easily concealed version of conventional sporting guns, commonly a single- or double-barreled shotgun , based on the relatively inexpensive Belgian Leclercq action.

4. List of weapons developed by FN Herstal - Wikipedia

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   FN/Browning Hi-Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W. One of the most widely used military pistols of all time, having been used by the armed forces of over 50 nations. [4] [5] High Power: Single-action pistol chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum. Modern Version of the original design.

5. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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   Bolt-action rifle France: 3,500,000 [68] Beretta 92: Semi-automatic pistol Italy: 3,500,000 [69] Pattern 1914 Enfield (and derivatives) Bolt-action rifle United Kingdom: 3,427,761 [70] 3,500,000 1,257 Pattern 1913 Enfield [70] more than 1,000,000 Pattern 1914 Enfield [71] more than 2,000,000 M1917 Enfield [72] ~28,000 Remington Model 30 [73 ...

6. List of bolt-action rifles - Wikipedia

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   Browning A-Bolt.223 Remington.22 Hornet.375 H&H Magnum. 1984 United States/ Japan: Carcano: 6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×52mm Carcano 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 7.92×57mm Mauser: 1891 Kingdom of Italy: Chassepot: Lead bullet 25 g (386 grains) in paper cartridge 11×59mmR Gras: 1866 France: Dreyse needle gun: Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper ...

7. Field artillery in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   Although some older iron weapons were pressed into service, and the Confederacy produced some new iron field guns, most of those used on the battlefields were of bronze construction. [18] The 6-pounder field gun was well represented by bronze Models of 1835, 1838, 1839, and 1841 early in the war.

8. Bolt (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   A turn bolt refers to a firearm component where the whole bolt without using a bolt carrier turns to lock/unlock. This is mostly used to describe manually operated bolt action firearms, but also on some automatic firearms. The most common locking mechanism on rifles is a rotating bolt, which can be classified as a rigid type of bolt lock. Semi ...

9. History of the firearm - Wikipedia

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   Hungarian prototype 7.92x33mm Assault Rifle prototype compared to flintlock and Lee-Enfield bolt action rifle at the Hadtörténeti Múzeum Budapest. The first successful self-loader was the Gatling gun, a hand-cranked revolver. It was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling and fielded by the Union forces during the American Civil War. Self-loaders ...