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The McMillan Tac-50 is one of McMillan Firearms's best-known products. McMillan Firearms is an American arms manufacturer that makes the McMillan Tac-50, its .50 BMG long-range anti-materiel and sniper rifle. It also produces the McMillan Tac-338, McMillan Tac-300 and McMillan Tac-308 sniper rifles, the ALIAS Rifle System and various hunting ...
Most straight-pull rifles have a striker firing mechanism (without a hammer), [citation needed] and models using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms. The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed.
It is one of the more popular hunting and target-shooting rifles in the United States due to its accuracy, use of the popular and inexpensive .22 long rifle ammunition, and its low price. [ 1 ] Originally introduced as the Cooey Model 64, it came on the market in 1964.
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.
Lynx Rifles is a brand of high-end straight pull rifles manufactured by Finnish firearms manufacturer Pirkan ASE [1] both for the hunting, sport and tactical market. All rifles are handmade in Finland and feature a biathlon style cross bolt straight pull system consisting of relatively few parts.
The rifle was sold in USA as Sauer Colt from 1973 to 1985, and Browning had a special model with steel panels between 1979 and 1984. [1] [2] Sauer 90 and 92 were later and updated models only sold in Europe, with the main changes being related to the trigger guard and stock. Sauer 80 was designed in 1970 [1] and introduced to the market in 1972.
Zbroyar was founded in 2007 as a specialized small-scale production of high-precision sports and hunting rifles. The company became famous thanks to its Z-008 rifle, on the basis of which military models were developed, which in some respects surpassed more expensive foreign counterparts.
The Mauser M 98 Magnum is a currently (2019) produced magnum variant of the modern M 98 line intended for big-game safari hunting. This Magnum variant exploits the fact that throughout the design's history, standard and enlarged versions of the Mauser M 98 system have been produced for the civil market.