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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...
Caliber In service Variants Photo Country Nagant M1895 7 shot revolver 7.62×38mmR (7.62 mm Nagant) 1895–present still used by some police and security forces Single action "Private's model", early and WW1 production, most converted to double action Interwar. Double action "Officer's model", produced pre-WW1, WW1, interwar and WW2
While modern firearms are generally referred to by the name of the cartridge the gun is chambered for, they are still categorized together based on bore diameter. [citation needed] For example, a firearm might be described as a "30 caliber rifle", which could accommodate any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) projectile; or as a "22 rimfire", referring to any ...
A Jennings J-22 pistol in .22LR caliber.. Jennings Firearms was founded in 1978 by Bruce Jennings, the son of Raven Arms founder George Jennings. After declaring bankruptcy, the company was renamed Bryco Arms, [1] but the Jennings name was retained for many years even while Bryco Arms used its own brand name for firearms.
Raven Arms was a firearms manufacturer established in 1970 by firearms designer George Jennings. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibiting the importation of inexpensive handguns prompted Jennings to design the MP-25 , a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol , and enter the firearms business.
Model 1 + 1 ⁄ 2.32 Caliber spur trigger, single-action revolver, 5-shot cylinder (10,000 were manufactured between 1878 and 1883) Model 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 same as model 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 but 3.25-inch barrel and 7-shot cylinder (5,000 were manufactured between 1878 and 1883) Model 3 + 1 ⁄ 2.38 rimfire Caliber 3.5-inch barrel, 5-shot cylinder (1,000 were ...
A Charter Arms "Undercover" .38 Special was used by Mumia Abu-Jamal in the murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981. A Charter Arms "Undercover" was used by Van Brett Watkins Sr. to assassinate Cherica Adams, the girlfriend of former Carolina Panthers football wide receiver Rae Carruth in a drive-by shooting in 1999. [10]
Older production Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Special Like most Charter Arms weapons, the Bulldog is a relatively inexpensive yet serviceable, no-frills, [ 5 ] snubnosed revolver . [ 10 ] It was designed to be concealed easily because of its small size, yet also fire a "big bore" caliber. [ 10 ]