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It is also used by the Norwegian Army and police, The designation 17 is derived from the gun being Gaston Glock's 17th patent, rather than its magazine capacity. History Channel - Beretta and Glock Handgun
The first-model M16 acquired a number of derogatory nicknames in Vietnam, including "the matte-black mouse gun" (due to its perceived lack of power) and the "Mattel death trap" (due to claims it resembled a toy). Initial M16 rifles in Vietnam have gained a notoriety over their apparent unreliability.
The AK-47 and its variants are popular amongst sport shooters and hunters in numerous countries. Privately owned AK-pattern rifles are usually semi-automatic only, as fully automatic and burst fire firearms are heavily restricted or prohibited for private ownership in most jurisdictions.
In US gun law, a "firearm" is a weapon which expels projectiles using an explosive propellant, but does not fit any definition of a specific class of weapon given in the National Firearms Act.
Pistols are smaller, lighter, easier to conceal, faster to bring to bear, and sometimes may have more safety features than other firearms. Generally being an emergency self-defense weapon for use under 25 meters, a handgun bullet neither has the energy of, nor the accuracy of a bullet shot from a rifle .
An improvised firearm, colloquially known as zip guns or pipe guns, is a gun that is built from existing components, typically by a nonprofessional gunsmith. Improvised guns are usually characterized by very basic or crude construction quality.
A gun, or more properly a firearm, is a tool designed to accelerate an object (the projectile) to a relatively high velocity, and propel it with a significant degree of accuracy to impact a distant target.
These weapons are prototypes created by groups or individuals, usually as a proof-of-concept or as entrants to a design competition. Most are never actually put into production.
Dan Wesson Firearms, founded by Daniel Baird Wesson II (great-grandson of Daniel B. Wesson, co-founder of Smith & Wesson) in 1968, is a firearm manufacturer and a part of CZ-USA. Dan Wesson's production previously focused on revolvers (for which they are renowned) as well as several types of ammunition , although in recent years their flagship ...