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In 1959, in response to a letter from ArmaLite's sales agent Sam Cummings, Castro invited Cummings to Havana to discuss payment for the AR-10 rifles. Fidel, his brother Raúl, and Che Guevara test-fired the AR-10 outside Havana. [25] Impressed by the weapon's firepower, [30] Castro paid Cummings for all 100 rifles. [25]
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The M&P10 series of rifles is based on the AR-10. Smith & Wesson offers the M&P10 semi-automatic rifles in a variety of configurations tailored to specific shooting applications and styles. The standard model has a six-position collapsible stock, 4140 steel barrel, 7075 T6 aluminum receiver and a hard-coat black anodized finish.
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 ...
The Winchester 1300 shotgun was first introduced in around 1981, when the US Repeating Arms Company (USRAC) took over production of the 'Winchester' brand guns from the Olin / Winchester corporation. Model 9410 (2001) lever-action .410-bore shotgun (Model 94 variant)
An inexpensive, easy to make, stamped steel rifle. Also known as "The Widowmaker" in Northern Ireland. AR-180: 5.56×45mm NATO: Howa Machinery Company, Sterling Armaments Company: Semi-automatic rifle version of the AR-18. AR-100 AR-101 AR-102 AR-103 AR-104: 5.56×45mm NATO: ArmaLite, Elitool: AR-100 series [4] based on the AR-16 that used a ...
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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.