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Truvelo Armoury is a South African firearms manufacturer. It is a division of Truvelo Specialised Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd. Based in Midrand (Johannesburg) the company produces a range of rifles and other small arms for military, law enforcement and civilian users.
In South Africa, the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 regulates the possession of firearms by civilians.Possession of a firearm is conditional on a competency test and several other factors, including background checking of the applicant, inspection of an owner's premises, and licensing of the weapon by the police introduced in July 2004.
Musgrave is a brand of firearms from South Africa.They are noted for their bolt-action target and hunting rifles, in particular the Musgrave RSA Target Rifle.. Musgrave was started in 1950 by Ben Musgrave and his sons, restocking and accurizing surplus service rifles before developing their own line of hunting and target rifles.
Aggregate of articles pertaining to firearms manufacturers in South Africa. Pages in category "Firearm manufacturers of South Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
United States South Africa: Heavy machine gun.50 BMG: Belt fed machine gun mainly mounted on Tripods, armoured and infantry vehicles. The weapon fires .50 calibre rounds at a rate of 485-635 rounds-per-minute out to an effective range of 2,000 metres. Grenade launchers Milkor MGL [13] [14] South Africa: Grenade launcher: 40×46 mm
Air guns, less-lethal weapons MTs Model' TsKIBa TsKIB's Model TsKIB SOO, Tula Arms Plant: Russia / USSR Civilian [N 2] Musgrave Ben Musgrave Musgrave: South Africa Civilian Centrefire Target & Hunting rifles Nighthawk Custom: Nighthawk Custom: United States Civilian North American Arms: North American Arms: United States Civilian Norinco
In a study of Zululand District Municipality, South Africa, it was found that most improvised firearms were crude, 12-gauge shotguns, with a simple pull-and-release firing mechanism; like .22 rimfire cartridges, shotgun shells operate at low pressures, making them more suited for use in weak, improvised barrels.
The Mamba is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Rhodesia and later produced in South Africa, intended for military and police duty.Named for the venomous snake indigenous to southern Africa, the Mamba was the first semi-automatic pistol to be manufactured wholly out of stainless steel components.