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  2. Harrington & Richardson - Wikipedia

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    H&R was the exclusive manufacturer of the US test version of the FN FAL, designated the T48 rifle, in the trials to select a replacement service rifle for the M1 Garand, but the US Army Ordnance Department instead adopted the M1-derived T44 as "US Rifle M-14", awarding H&R one of three contracts to produce the M14 rifle during that rifle's ...

  3. Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Wikipedia

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    The H&R design loaded the dart from the XM144 into their own cartridge design. The H&R design was the most advanced. It mounted the dart between three plastic sabots in a triangular plastic cartridge. When fired, the sabots were discarded early in small "sub-barrels" while the dart continued down the main barrel.

  4. M50 Reising - Wikipedia

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    The .45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Arms Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1940. The three versions of the weapon were the Model 50 , the folding stock Model 55 , and the semiautomatic Model 60 rifle. [ 4 ]

  5. Single-shot - Wikipedia

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    One of the most common single-action rifles would be the New England Firearms' inexpensive break-open rifles, which are built on their 12 gauge break-open shotgun actions. The rifles, however, are made on a heat-treated steel action, and the shotgun actions are not heat-treated. Any rifle frame may accept rifle or shotgun barrels.

  6. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The words "Loaded When Up" are present and the color red stands out against the gun's finish on this Ruger SR9. The loaded chamber indicator is a device present on many semi-automatic handguns intended to alert an operator that there is a round in the chamber.

  7. Marlin Firearms - Wikipedia

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    Marlin Model 60 .22LR rifle manufactured in 1982 Marlin Model 1894C – .357 Magnum carbine Marlin Model 25N .22 LR rifle with aftermarket sling and scope Marlin Model XT-17 VSLB .17 HMR with rifle scope Marlin Model 336W lever action in .30-30 Winchester Two examples of Marlin model 37 pump .22 . Major models of Marlin rifles include:

  8. 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.

  9. List of assault rifles - Wikipedia

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    Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term ...