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  2. Semi-automatic firearm - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...

  3. Long range shooting - Wikipedia

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    The mrad system allows the usage of virtually all kinds of shooting targets, like paper, steel or clay targets, golf balls, soda cans, etc. Scoring is made with points attributed to the angular measurements of the target according to pre-defined tables. For some stages of Module 2 and 3, the so-called hit factor is applied (the score on the ...

  4. Colt AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The AR-15 uses an L-type flip, aperture rear sight and it is adjustable with two settings, 0 to 300 meters and 300 to 400 meters. [16] The front sight is a post adjustable for elevation. The rear sight can be adjusted for windage. The sights can be adjusted with a bullet tip or pointed tool. The AR-15 can also mount a scope on the carrying handle.

  5. What do you know about the AR-15 rifle? Here are five facts ...

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    According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there were 20 million AR-15 style weapons as of 2020. From 1990 to 2020, the U.S. imported or manufactured over 24.4 million. In 2020 alone ...

  6. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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    The first time wherein an AR-15–style rifle was used in a mass shooting was in 2007, during the Crandon shooting, according to Mother Jones ' s mass shooting database. [ 111 ] [ 112 ] Gun expert Dean Hazen and mass murder researcher Pete Blair think that mass shooters' gun choices have less to do with the AR-15's specific characteristics but ...

  7. What can an AR-15 do to the human body? A trauma surgeon ...

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    An AR-15 or similar rifles are semiautomatic, military-style weapons that can fire at least 30 rounds, the number of bullets a magazine typically carries, according to NPR. The term semiautomatic ...

  8. Longest recorded sniper kills - Wikipedia

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    This list is not exhaustive, as such data is generally not tracked nor managed under any official procedure. For example, the 2002 Canadian Army sniper team that saw two soldiers set consecutive new records (Arron Perry at 2,310 m (2,526 yd) and Rob Furlong at 2,430 m (2,657 yd)), also made a number of kills at 1,500 m (1,600 yd) that are not counted here. [22]

  9. AR-15 style rifles rose to iconic status in US via ... - AOL

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    A bill in Congress supported by conservative representatives even wants to designate the AR-15 style rifle as "the National Gun of the United States." The AR platform of rifle - used in several of ...