enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Punt gun - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun

    A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically too large for an individual to fire from the shoulder or often carry alone, but unlike artillery pieces, punt guns are able to be aimed and fired by a single person from a mount.

  3. Armslist - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armslist

    Armslist.com is a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to firearms, firearms accessories, outdoors equipment, miscellaneous firearms related materials, and discussion forums. Armslist has drawn criticism and support due to it facilitating the legal sale of firearms between individuals online.

  4. Antique firearms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_firearms

    e) Vintage (pre 1939) rifles, shotguns and punt guns chambered for the following cartridges expressed in imperial measurements: 32 bore, 24 bore, 14 bore, 10 bore (5 ⁄ 8" and 2 + 7 ⁄ 8" only), 8 bore, 4 bore, 3 bore, 2 bore, 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 bore, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 bore and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 bore, and vintage punt guns and shotguns with bores of 10 or greater.

  5. List of U.S. state firearms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_firearms

    The bill, sponsored by Senate President Charlie Huggins, refers to the gun as the "rifleman's rifle." The bill says the gun helped Alaskans "establish a firm foothold" in the wilderness between 1930 and 1963. [6] In May 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a resolution declaring the Colt Walker to be the official Texas state firearm. [7]

  6. List of weapons in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weapons_in_the...

    The Enfield rifle was used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War and was the second most widely used infantry weapon in the war. Fayetteville rifle: Hall rifle: A single-shot breech-loader invented in 1811. A few were used by the Confederacy. Harper Ferry M1803 rifle: Hawken rifle: A frontier rifle used by Confederate ...

  7. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons...

    Heckler & Koch HK33 (Selective Fire Rifle, 5.56×45mm NATO) (Used by the United States Navy Seals during the Vietnam War) Armalite/Colt Model 601/602 (5.56×45mm NATO rifle) (USAF and SOF use only) XM22/E1 Rifle (Selective Fire Rifle, 5.56×45mm NATO) Mk 4 Mod 0 (Suppressed Rifle, 5.56×45mm NATO)

  8. Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_show_loophole

    The fundamental flaw in the gun show loophole proposal is its failure to address the great majority of private-party sales, which occur at other locations and increasingly over the Internet at sites where any non-prohibited person can list firearms for sale and buyers can search for private-party sellers. [110]

  9. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United...

    Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories ) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws , although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.