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  2. Springfield Armory M1A - Wikipedia

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    National Match front blade, match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adj. for windage and elevation. The Springfield Armory M1A is a semi-automatic rifle made by Springfield Armory, Inc. , beginning in 1971, based on the M14 rifle , for the civilian and law enforcement markets in the United States .

  3. Springfield Armory, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    A SOCOM variant of the M1A. The company's rifle offerings include the M1A, the Hellion (imported VHS-2), and the SAINT line of AR-15 style rifles and short-barreled rifles. The M1A line includes offerings such as standard, loaded, SOCOM, national match, and tanker models.

  4. M21 sniper weapon system - Wikipedia

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    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] It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.

  5. Match grade - Wikipedia

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    Thus, many gun manufacturers use the term "match grade" to describe their products. For instance, the Heckler & Koch Mark 23 weapons system is considered so specifically tooled for combat that it is match grade, one primary reason that the pistol and its components were selected by the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for ...

  6. High power rifle - Wikipedia

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    The National Match Course of fire for a high power rifle match has four (4) individual stages that comprise an aggregate match: Stage 1: Offhand (Standing) Slow fire (10 shots in 10 minutes), 200 yards; Stage 2: Rapid fire (10 shots in 60 seconds with reload), sitting or kneeling, at 200 yards

  7. EXPLAINER: Guns on movie sets: How does that work? - AOL

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    Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico ...

  8. Crazy Horse rifle - Wikipedia

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    Action: A M14NM (National Match) action. Barrel: A medium heavy barrel, 22” or an optional 18” length, of chrome moly 4140 steel; Rifling: A right-hand rate of twist of 1 in 10" with 4 lands and grooves. Stock: A USGI synthetic stock modified by Smith Enterprise with an attachable SEI cheekpiece. Optics: Leupold Mk4 Tactical × scopes.

  9. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.