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SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rifle cartridge, bullet. The 7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges.Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the equivalent in Imperial and United States Customary measures.
In 1986 United States law initially defined armor-piercing bullets to exempt rifle ammunition: A projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or ...
The internals have been extensively modified to make it essentially impossible to convert them to fire in fully automatic. If the design is approved by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), they are treated as belt-fed semi-automatic rifles; however, individual state and local regulations still apply.
The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.It became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1957, replacing the M1 Garand rifle in service with the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965; deliveries of service rifles to the U.S. Army began in 1959.
The California Assault Weapons Ban prohibits flash suppressors on all semi-automatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable magazine. As a result, Springfield Armory designed a muzzle brake, which they installed in place of the standard flash suppressor on all models that were sold in California. The muzzle brake reduces climb of the barrel ...
Type: Rifle, General Purpose Machine Gun: Place of origin: United States: Service history; In service: 1954–present: Used by: NATO and others: Wars: Vietnam War, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, Falklands War, The Troubles, Gulf War, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War, Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, among ...
An overview of 7mm caliber cartridges, their history, and uses in firearms.
Cartridges issued to Law Enforcement and Paramilitary forces were or are chambered for. .22 Spitfire cartridge of the Iver Johnson Spitfire.221 Remington Fireball.300 AAC Blackout.375 SOCOM.450 Bushmaster.45 Raptor.458 HAM'R.458 SOCOM.50 Beowulf.500 Auto Max cartridge of the AR500; 6.5mm Grendel; 7.62×37mm Musang