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  2. Slingshot - Wikipedia

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    The National Slingshot Association was founded in the 1940s, headquartered in San Marino, California. It organised slingshot clubs and competitions nationwide. Despite the slingshot's reputation as a tool of juvenile delinquents, the NSA reported that 80% of slingshot sales were to men over 30 years old, many of them professionals.

  3. 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.

  4. List of anti-materiel rifles - Wikipedia

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    Harris Gun Works M-96 United States: Harris Gun Works M-96 (On Top) 1990 Semi-automatic .50 BMG Iver Johnson AMAC-1500 United States: 1981 .50 BMG Leader 50 A1 United States: 2012 Semi-automatic .50 BMG McMillan Tac-50 United States: 2000 Bolt-action .50 BMG Robar RC-50 United States: 1985 Bolt-action .50 BMG Bushmaster BA50 Rifle United States

  5. Hunting weapon - Wikipedia

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    Combination guns, containing two, three, four, or five barrels, most often with a mix of rifle and shotgun barrels, and are popular choices for hunting in Europe. A typical three barrel drilling mix of a rimfire rifle, a powerful centerfire rifle, and a shotgun barrel allows the taking of a very wide range of game with a single gun.

  6. Sarsılmaz Arms - Wikipedia

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    Sarsılmaz Silah Sanayi A.Ş. (lit.Unshakable Arms Industries ) or Sars for short, is a privately owned small arms manufacturer based in Düzce, Turkey.The company was founded in 1880 in the Ottoman Empire, and is the largest small arms manufacturer in Turkey.

  7. T-12 sniper rifle - Wikipedia

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    The T-12 sniper rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle produced for the Turkish Armed Forces by Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu in an effort to replace foreign produced sniper rifles with domestic Turkish products. It uses the standard 5.56x45mm NATO round. [1]

  8. Metallic silhouette shooting - Wikipedia

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    Target sizes of the chicken, pig, turkey, and ram targets, scaled to their angular sizes as they would appear if placed at the correct distances from the shooter during the fullbore rifle event with target heights of approximately 4-5 MOA (1.2-1.5 mrad). In the fullbore handgun event target the angular target heights are approximately three to ...

  9. 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.