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  2. Conservation and restoration of historic firearms - Wikipedia

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    Water is damaging to most historic objects. For historic firearms, water will cause corrosion of metal components, swell wood, and encourage mold growth. Water will also cause antler, bone, and ivory to swell. [9] Animal rawhide and semi-tanned leather will absorb moisture and will be at risk for mold growth. It could also become discolored.

  3. Sharps rifle - Wikipedia

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    The military Sharps rifle was produced by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and is a falling-block rifle used during and after the American Civil War in multiple variations. Along with being able to use a standard percussion cap , the Sharps has an unusual pellet primer feed.

  4. List of rifles - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Survival guns - Wikipedia

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    Survival guns are weapons designed for survival use, and consist of any reliable and easy-to-use handgun, rifle, shotgun, or combination gun which allows the user (a downed pilot, a sailor stranded at sea or on land, a hiker lost in the woods, etc.) to hunt for food and defend themselves until they are either rescued or find help by other means.

  6. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    A zip gun constructed from a toy cap gun. The gun is capable of shooting a .22 caliber round. More advanced improvised guns can use parts from other gun-like products. One example is the cap gun. A cap gun can be disassembled, and a barrel added, turning the toy gun into a real one.

  7. Varmint rifle - Wikipedia

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    Ruger No. 1 Varmint rifle in .223 Remington.Note the heavy barrel, bipod rest, large telescopic sight, and "DOPE" sheet on the stock for windage. A varmint rifle or varminter is a type of small-caliber, precision-oriented long gun (firearm or high-powered airgun) primarily used for varmint hunting and pest control.

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  9. Destructive device - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a "destructive device" is found in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(f). The definition reads as follows: The definition reads as follows: (1) any explosive , incendiary , or poison gas, (A) bomb , (B) grenade , (C) rocket having a propellant charge of more than 4 ounces, (D) missile having an explosive charge of more than 1/4 ounce (109.4 ...