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The M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System (M110 SASS) is an American semi-automatic sniper rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. It is manufactured by Knight's Armament Company , developed from the Knight's Armament Company SR-25 , and adopted by the U.S. military following the 2005 US Army Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle (XM110 SASR ...
Sass & Bide (stylised as sass & bide) is an Australian women's fashion label established in 1999. [2] The label is known for being worn by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and, in more recent times, Madonna , Rihanna , Kate Moss , Beyoncé , Nicole Richie and Mila Kunis .
Submachine gun: Brügger & Thomet: 9×19mm Parabellum: Army, Air Force: Machine guns M249 SAW: Light machine gun, squad automatic weapon: FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force: M240: General purpose medium machine gun: FN Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO: Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard: M60: General purpose medium ...
The M21 sniper weapon system (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. [7] The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable power telescopic sight, modified for use with the sniper rifle. [8]
MidwayUSA (formerly Ely Arms, Inc.) was a small start-up gun shop in Columbia, Missouri that opened on June 18, 1977. The business was opened by Larry Potterfield, with his next younger brother Jerry, in a 151 square metres (1,630 sq ft) metal, pole-frame building. Jerry sold his half interest to Larry in 1980 and returned home to farm. [1]
The 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge (6.8 SPC, 6.8 SPC II or 6.8×43mm) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and United States Special Operations Command [6] to possibly replace the 5.56 NATO cartridge in short barreled rifles (SBR) and carbines.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...
Randy Luth founded Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services (DPMS) in 1985 in Osseo, Minnesota, as a precision machine shop for manufacturing M203, M14 and M16 parts for U.S. military contracts. In the later 1990s, the company employed 30 people selling Colt 1911 and AR-15 parts and accessories and moved the company to Becker, Minnesota.