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  2. Montana Rifle Company - Wikipedia

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    The rifles are based on the MRC model 1999 action. They come in 3 basic models: "Classic", "High Country" and "Tactical". [11] A variety of stocks are available from wood to composite, as well as a variety of calibers including an emphasis on large-bore dangerous game cartridges. The rifles are described by gun writers as being high quality. [10]

  3. Polygonal rifling - Wikipedia

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    Conventional eight groove rifling on the left, and octagonal polygonal rifling on the right. Polygonal rifling (/ p ə ˈ l ɪ ɡ ə n əl / pə-LIG-ə-nəl) is a type of gun barrel rifling where the traditional sharp-edged "lands and grooves" are replaced by less pronounced "hills and valleys", so the barrel bore has a polygonal (usually hexagonal or octagonal) cross-sectional profile.

  4. Harrington & Richardson - Wikipedia

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    Top-Break Automatic Ejecting Model 1.32 S&W, .32 H&R, or .38 S&W; 5- or 6- shot; hard rubber grip panels with floral design, 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in. barrel, modified American Double Action mechanism and frame, nickel finish, First Variation marked on top of barrel with company name and address only and two guide rods for ejector (1885–1886), Second ...

  5. List of rifles - Wikipedia

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    A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.

  6. Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Shiloh produces two basic models of rifle, the Sharps 1863 which is a percussion rifle, and the Sharps 1874, which is a black-powder cartridge rifle (BPCR). Both rifles are produced in several variants, such as single or double trigger, upgraded wood, finish, etc. Various barrel lengths and shapes (round, octagonal, half-round, etc.).

  7. Marlin Firearms - Wikipedia

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    Marlin Model 20, 20s, 27, 27s, 29, 37, and 47 Pump-action rifles chambered in .22 Short, .22 Long, .22LR. All with tubular magazines. Early models had octagon barrels. The model 37 was manufactured between 1927-1930 only and is very rare today.

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  9. Muzzle brake - Wikipedia

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    The AKM rifle's slant-cut compensator . Construction of a muzzle brake or compensator can be as simple as a diagonal cut at the muzzle end of the barrel to direct some of the escaping gas upward. On the AKM assault rifle, the brake also angles slightly to the right to counteract the sideways movement of the rifle under recoil.