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  2. Choke (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A choke is designed to alter or shape the distribution of the shot as it leaves the firearm. For shooting most game birds and clay pigeons, a desirable pattern is one that is as large as possible while being dense enough to ensure multiple hits on the target, at a particular range. The choke should be tailored to the range and size of the targets.

  3. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    Bought out by Remington in 1915 (becoming Remington-UMC Swanton but retaining the old headstamp) when it received a wartime contract to produce rifle ammunition for the French government. The French-style headstamp has the yearly quarter before the 4-digit year (e.g., 4-1917 would mean 4th Quarter (October, November and December), 1917).

  4. Headstamp - Wikipedia

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    A headstamp is the markings on the bottom of a cartridge case designed for a firearm.It usually tells who manufactured the case. If it is a civilian case it often also tells the caliber: if it is military, the year of manufacture is often added.

  5. Beretta - Wikipedia

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    Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfabbrika ˈdarmi ˈpjɛːtro beˈretta]; "Pietro Beretta Weapons Factory") is a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company operating in several countries. Its firearms are used worldwide for various civilian, law enforcement, and military purposes.

  6. Extractor (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A flip-up barrel and lack of extractor on a Beretta Bobcat semi-automatic pistol. Some very early blowback pistols used ammunition with no rim or extractor groove on the cartridge cases (e.g., 5mm Bergmann), and such pistols, therefore, lacked extractors. The spent case was forced out of the chamber by recoil and was subsequently ejected.

  7. Beretta Model 1915 - Wikipedia

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    The Glisenti Model 1910 used a bottlenecked 7.65 mm round which was similar to the 7.65×21mm Parabellum.Later, having the Italian Army judged the 7.65 round to be too light for military use, and having launched a competition for 9mm handguns instead, the Metallurgica Bresciana Tampini, owner of the design, adapted the Glisenti pistol to fire a 9mm round, obtained enlarging the original one ...

  8. Beretta M1934 - Wikipedia

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    The Beretta Model 1934 is an Italian compact, semi-automatic pistol which was issued as the service pistol of the Royal Italian Army beginning in 1934. As the standard sidearm of the Italian army it was issued to officers, NCOs and machine gun crews. [1] It is chambered for the 9mm Corto, more commonly known as the .380 ACP.

  9. Beretta M1935 - Wikipedia

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    The Beretta M1935 is a compact .32 ACP caliber blowback pistol that was manufactured by Italian firm Beretta. History. In the early 1930s, ...