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2. .380 ACP - Wikipedia

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   Norma Ammunition [4] The .380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as .380 Auto, .380 Automatic, or 9×17mm, is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge that was developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. [5] It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, for use in its new Colt Model 1903 ...

3. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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   Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured other than by a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith, and are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality, from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target, to high-quality arms ...

4. 9×19mm Parabellum - Wikipedia

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   The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, [ 6 ] it is widely considered the most popular handgun and submachine gun cartridge due to its low cost, adequate stopping power and extensive ...

5. Semiwadcutter - Wikipedia

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   A semiwadcutter (SWC) or flat-nose is a type of all-purpose bullet commonly used in revolvers. The SWC combines features of the traditional round-nosed bullets and the wadcutter bullets used in target shooting, and is used in both revolver and rifle cartridges for hunting, target shooting and plinking. Full wadcutters frequently have problems ...

6. Wadcutter - Wikipedia

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   Wadcutter. A wadcutter is a special-purpose flat-fronted bullet specifically designed for shooting paper targets, usually at close range and at subsonic velocities typically under approximately 270 metres per second (890 ft/s). Wadcutters have also found favor for use in self-defense guns, such as .38 caliber snubnosed revolvers, due to shorter ...

7. Glock - Wikipedia

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   Glock pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, and have been supplied to national armed forces, security agencies, and police forces in at least 48 countries. [12] Glocks are also popular firearms among civilians for recreational and competition shooting, home- and self-defense, both in concealed or open carry. [13]

8. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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   150,000,000 [ 6 ][ 7 ] 5 million milled AK type 3, 10 million AKM,[ 8 ]5 million AK-74 [ 9 ]15-20 million Chinese Type 56 [ 10 ] 3 million Yugoslav Zastava M70, 2 million East German Mpi. Several million Egyptian Maadi. Mauser Gewehr 98. (and similar) Bolt-action rifle.

9. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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   Under US law, when fitted with a barrel less than 16 inches (41 cm) and lacking any rear shoulder support, it is legally considered a pistol as opposed to being a short-barreled rifle, [27] and is described as an AR-15–style pistol. The lower receiver alone is legally defined as a firearm under United States federal law.