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The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...
GRS Riflestocks is a Norwegian manufacturer of firearm stocks known for their ergonomically shaped rifle stocks. [1] The headquarter and production facilities lie in Hornindal in Nordfjord, Norway. [2] The company originally manufactured furniture since the 1980s, and established itself as a rifle stock manufacturer in 2011 during the financial ...
The Belgians designated the rifle as the ABL SAFN-49, ABL is an acronym for the Belgian Army in both French and Dutch; "AB" for the French "Armée Belge" and "BL" for the Dutch "Belgisch Leger". The contracts for the SAFN 1949 rifle made by FN for Belgium totaled 87,777 rifles total, composing almost half of all FN-49 rifles ever produced. [7]
The FN Browning Trombone is a pump-action long takedown rifle designed by John M. Browning in 1919. [1] It was produced by FN Herstal , who made a total of 150,000 from 1922 to 1974. [ 1 ] It was imported into the U.S. by Browning Arms. [ 2 ]
The XM312 is a heavy machine gun derived from the XM307 25 mm autocannon and chambered for the .50 BMG cartridge. It was designed in response to a request by the U.S. military for a replacement for the aging M2 Browning heavy machine gun, and as a complement to the heavier XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon grenade launcher.
The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...
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The Remington Model 8 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by John Browning and produced by Remington Arms, [4] introduced as the Remington Autoloading Rifle in 1905, though the name was changed to the Remington Model 8 in 1911. [5]