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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. 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 ...

  5. 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

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    MATCH Ammunition used for target shooting. It is also used by Designated Marksmen and Snipers because it is more accurate than regular rifle ammunition at long ranges. NM National Match. Match ammunition specially made for the Camp Perry National Rifle and Pistol shooting matches.

  8. Gaza 'Riviera': What led up to Trump's call for US to 'take ...

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    President Donald Trump proposed to turn the Gaza Strip into a "Riviera of the Middle East."

  9. 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.