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  2. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In the Mauser-style turn-bolt action, [4] [5] the bolt handle must be rotated upward, pull rearward, pushed forward, and finally rotated back downward into lock. In a straight pull bolt-action, the bolt can be cycled without rotating, hence reducing the required range of motion by the shooter from four movements to two, with the goal of ...

  3. Mosin–Nagant - Wikipedia

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    MosinNagant Model 1891/30 MosinNagant Model 1891/30 (1933) Soviet MosinNagant model 1891/30 sniper rifle with PU 3.5×21 sight. Model 1891/30 (винтовка образца 1891/30-го года, винтовка Мосина): The most prolific version of the MosinNagant. It was produced for standard issue to all Soviet infantry ...

  4. Bolt action - Wikipedia

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    The MosinNagant action, created in 1891 and named after the designers Sergei Mosin and Léon Nagant, differs significantly from the Mauser and Lee–Enfield bolt-action designs. The MosinNagant design has a separate bolthead that rotates with the bolt and the bearing lugs, in contrast to the Mauser system where the bolthead is a non ...

  5. Pedersen device - Wikipedia

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    The sear, trigger, and magazine cut-off also required modifications which did not limit the ability of Mark I receivers to function in the normal bolt-action mode. [ 1 ] Pedersen traveled to Washington, D.C. on 8 October 1917 to conduct a secret demonstration for Chief of Ordnance General William Crozier and a selected group of army officers ...

  6. Push feed and controlled feed - Wikipedia

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    Some prefer the controlled round feed for hunting dangerous game, while others state that either of the systems can be reliable or unreliable, [4] depending for example on the quality of the rifle and maintenance. There has been a trend that newer rifle models tend to have a push feed mechanism, while almost every modern semi-auto pistol has a ...

  7. Mainspring (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    After the trigger mechanism has been released, the tensioned mainspring will drive the firing pin or hit the firing pin so that it is driven. Mainsprings can come in many shapes, such as a cylindrical spring ( Mosin-Nagant , TT-33 , Colt M1911 ), plate spring ( Nagant revolver model 1895, Makarov pistol ) or spiral spring ( Kalashnikov ).

  8. Izhevsk Mechanical Plant - Wikipedia

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    It was one of the primary factories producing MosinNagant and SVT-40 rifles during World War II for standard issue to Soviet troops.. After the end of World War II, it continued producing firearms, both for military (Makarov pistols) and hunting applications, and later high-tech weapons and civilian machinery.

  9. Model 91/98/23 carbine - Wikipedia

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    The Model 91/98/23 carbine (Karabinek wz. 1891/1898/1923) often shortened to kbk wz. 91/98/23, and its variants wz. 91/98/25 and wz. 91/98/26, were a Polish modification of the MosinNagant M1891 rifle to carbine form. The Mosin rifle was shortened and converted to use the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.