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  2. Bor rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Bor is a Polish bolt-action 7.62×51mm NATO and .338 Lapua Magnum caliber sniper rifle.The weapon received the code name Alex during development, after the name of the lead designer Aleksander Leżucha, creator of the 12.7×99mm NATO Wilk anti-materiel rifle.

  3. 4 bore - Wikipedia

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    Four bore or 4 bore is a black powder caliber of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals. The specifications place this caliber between the larger 2 bore and the smaller 6 bore rifles. This caliber was the quintessential elephant gun caliber of the black powder safari rifles. [1]

  4. List of rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. ... .410 bore — .410 in (10.4 mm) 32 gauge — .526 in (13.4 mm) 28 gauge — .550 in (14.0 mm)

  5. List of bolt-action rifles - Wikipedia

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    Berdan rifle: 10.75×58 mmR 7.62×54mmR: 1870 Russian Empire: Berthier rifle: 8mm Lebel 7.5x54mm French: 1890s France: BMS Cam rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: 1980 United Kingdom: Bor: 7.62x51mm NATO: 2006 Poland: Browning A-Bolt.223 Remington.22 Hornet.375 H&H Magnum. 1984 United States/ Japan: Carcano: 6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×52mm Carcano 6.5×54mm ...

  6. Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów - Wikipedia

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    Those include Pallad grenade launcher, RGP-40 grenade launcher, UKM-2000 MG, LMP-2017 mortar, WKW Wilk sniper rifle, Bor rifle and ZSMU-36 missile and anti-missile system. Among projects currently developed in the Tarnów Mechanical Works are the WLKM-12 Szafir 12.7 mm multi-barrel machine gun, ZSMU-70 missile system and GA-40 belt-fed grenade ...

  7. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Note: Use of this table for estimating bullet masses for historical large-bore rifles is limited, as this table assumes the use of round ball, rather than conical bullets; for example, a typical 4-bore rifle from circa 1880 used a 2,000-grain (4.57 oz; 129.60 g) bullet, or sometimes slightly heavier, rather than using a 4-ounce (110 g) round ...

  8. 8 bore - Wikipedia

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    When the Dutch established the Dutch Cape Colony in the 17th century, they soon discovered their muskets were hopelessly inadequate against local game. Within a century the most popular Boer firearm was a flintlock smoothbore musket of about 8 bore with a 5 to 6 ft (1.5 to 1.8 m) barrel. [3]

  9. Rifle - Wikipedia

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    Some early rifled firearms had barrels with a twisted polygonal bore. The Whitworth rifle was the first such type designed to spin the round for accuracy. Bullets for these guns were made to match the shape of the bore so the bullet would grip the rifle bore and take a spin that way.