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The name, derived from an old English practice of bore measurements in gun-making which refers to a nominally 4-gauge bore, that is, a bore diameter that would accommodate a pure lead round ball weighing 1 ⁄ 4 of a pound. This would imply a bore diameter of 1.052-inch (26.7 mm), however in practice the bore diameter varied greatly as, in ...
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This was the first mass-produced German .22 rimfire rifle and soon developed an excellent match record. They also produced double and triple barrel shotguns, over and under shotguns, and large bore hunting rifles. In 1928, Weihrauch began international sale of bicycle parts and mechanical door closers.
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.
Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, is an American firearm manufacturer and distributor. The company's product line revolves around semi-automatic pistol and rifle variants of the M4/AR-15 design. It is currently in full operation and is based in Carson City, Nevada.
Bailey machine gun: Winchester Repeating Arms Company.32 rifle cartridge United States: 1874 Caldwell machine gun.303 British Australia: 1915 Colt Mk 11 cannon Colt's Manufacturing Company: 20x110mm USN United States: EX-17 Heligun: Hughes Aircraft Company 7.62x51mm NATO United States: 1962 Feldl gun 11x50mmR Bavaria: 1867 Fokker-Leimberger
Guns such as the Royal over & under or side-by-side double-barreled shotguns were improved and reintroduced, and are currently available from 4 bore to .360 inch. A hand-built gun from H&H can cost around £60,000 for a shotgun and close to £100,000 for some rifles, with prices roughly doubling with luxury engraving, and there is a waiting ...
The next postwar production rifle was the 7.92×57mm Mauser Model 1948 based on the Model 24. The production of air rifles and sporting rifles on the basis of the M48 rifle started in 1953. In 1954, Zastava started the production of shotguns and small bore rifles, as well as the 7.9 mm M53 ¨Sarac¨ machine gun.