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The Rifle 7.62 mm 1A1, or the Ishapore 1A1, is a copy of the L1A1 self-loading rifle. [18] It is produced at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli of the Ordnance Factories Board . [ 19 ] It differs from the UK SLR in that the wooden butt-stock uses the butt-plate from the Lee–Enfield with trap [ 20 ] for oil bottle and cleaning pull-through.
L39A1 7.62mm Rifle (7.62mm NATO conversion of Rifle No. 4, Marks 1/2 and 2, used for target rifle competition) [41] [168] L41 L41A1/A2 0.22 inch Calibre 5.56mm Rifle Conversion Kit (.22 inch conversion kit for SA80-pattern weapons; also referred to as the L41A1/A2 .22 inch Calibre SA 80 5.56mm Rifle and LSW Conversion Kit) [169] [116]
The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in ...
Semi-automatic or pump-action rifles other than those chambered for .22 rimfire cartridges; Manually actuated release system rifles (MARS) and lever release rifles (not to be confused with lever action). Most handguns (firearms with a barrel length under 30 cm (12 in) or overall length under 60 cm (24 in)).
A semi-automatic firearm is a self-loading repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot.
Lee–Enfield [1] – Main service rifle until the 1950s and afterwards adapted for a variety of specialist roles. EM-2 rifle [2] – Experimental rifle adopted very briefly in 1951. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle [3] – Main Cold War service rifle from 1954 to 1994. SA80 L85 rifle [4] – Adopted right at the end of the Cold War in 1987.
A self-loading rifle or auto-loading rifle is a rifle with an action using a portion of the energy of each cartridge fired to load another cartridge. Self-loading pistols are similar, but intended to be held and fired by a single hand, while rifles are designed to be held with both hands and fired from the shoulder. [1]
.22 caliber, or 5.6 mm, refers to a common firearms bore diameter of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm) in both rimfire and centerfire cartridges. Cartridges in this caliber include the very widely used .22 Long Rifle and .223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO. .22 inch is also a popular air gun pellet caliber, second only to the ubiquitous .177 caliber.