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Musgrave (firearms) 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.
The Vektor R4 is a South African 5.56×45mm assault rifle. [8] It entered service as the standard service rifle of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1980. [1] In South African service, the R4 replaced the R1, a variant of the 7.62×51mm FN FAL. [7] It was produced by Lyttelton Engineering Works (LIW, "Lyttelton Ingenieurswerke"), now ...
SP stands for “ Service Pistol ” and both weapons are full-sized, holster type pistols of solid construction. Vektor also made compact versions of both models, marketed as “General models”; these have shorter barrels, slides and grips. [1] The Vektor SP1 was a short-recoil operated, locked-breech pistol. It used a Walther-type tilting ...
Effective firing range. 165 ft (50 m) Feed system. Detachable box magazine, + 1 in chamber 10, 12, or 13-rounds - 9 mm. Sights. Iron sight. The Vektor СР1 is a semi-automatic pistol that was made in South Africa by Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW) which was a division of Denel SOC, now Denel Land Systems, from 1996 to 2001.
The Vektor Z88 ("Z-88") is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol produced by Vektor, the small arms brand name of Denel Land Systems, in South Africa. It is a licensed copy of the Beretta 92F. The gun was developed into the Vektor SP1, released in January 1993. [1] The gun was predominantly used by the South African Police Service.
The Vektor CR-21 is a South African bullpup assault rifle ("CR-21" being an abbreviation of Combat Rifle 21st Century) chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. It was designed by Denel Land Systems as a possible replacement for the South African National Defence Force's Vektor R4, [1] though Denel Land Systems has since shifted focus to offering an upgraded R4 rifle to the SANDF instead.
The Beretta ARX160 is an Italian modular assault rifle manufactured by Beretta.Developed for the Italian Armed Forces as part of the Soldato Futuro (English: "Future Soldier") program, the ARX160 was launched in 2008 as a commercial weapon system independent from the Soldato Futuro ensemble, complete with a companion single-shot 40×46mm NATO low-velocity grenade launcher, called the GLX160 ...
Firearms regulation in South Africa. 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 ...