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The .375 Winchester / 9.5x51mmR is a modernized version of the .38-55 Winchester, a black powder cartridge from 1884. It was introduced in 1978 along with the Winchester Model 94 “Big Bore” lever action rifle , which was in production from 1978 until 1986.
Glock (German:; stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service in 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests. [11]
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. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. [14]
Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle, Winchester rifles were among the earliest repeaters. The Model 1873 was particularly successful, being marketed by the manufacturer as "The Gun That Won the West".
In Britain, a .22RF version of the No.5 rifle was prototyped by BSA and trialled with a view to it becoming the British Service training rifle when the .303" CF No.5 was initially mooted as being a potential replacement for the No.4 rifle. [71] The C No.7 22" MK.I rifle is a .22 single-shot, manually fed, training version of the No.4 Mk I ...
Semi-automatic pistol: Used by special forces. [3] Makarov PMM: 9×18mm Makarov Russia: Semi-automatic pistol: 12 round magazine. Issued in limited numbers. [4] MP-443 Grach: 9x19 Parabellum Russia: Semi-automatic pistol: Service pistol adopted in 2003 to replace the aging Makarov PM for frontline units. [5] GSh-18: 9x19 Parabellum Russia: Semi ...