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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.
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other variants.
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The weapon is based on the Heckler & Koch G3 and HK91 design, which itself is a variant of the Spanish-made CETME rifle.The United States Federal Assault Weapons Ban enacted in 1994, by President Bill Clinton, prohibited certain cosmetic features of the HK91, which meant that the HK91 and its variants could no longer be manufactured and sold to the US civilian market in their original ...
Model 1924 / Model 1930: Carbine and rifle based on the Mauser 98 carbine. Karabiner 98k: 7.92×57mm Mauser bolt-action rifle produced post-World War II. Model 1950: .30-06 Springfield bolt-action rifle; updated version of the Model 1930. Model 30-11: 7.62×51mm NATO bolt-action sniper rifle developed from FN-built Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles.
Musgrave is a brand of firearms from South Africa.They are noted for their bolt-action target and hunting rifles, in particular the Musgrave RSA Target Rifle.. Musgrave was started in 1950 by Ben Musgrave and his sons, restocking and accurizing surplus service rifles before developing their own line of hunting and target rifles.
The Remington 700 series rifles often feature a 3, 4, or 5-round internal magazine, depending on the caliber. Some models include a hinged floorplate for quick unloading, while others are “blind” by lacking a floorplate. The rifle can also be ordered with a detachable box magazine.
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