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  2. Precision-guided firearm - Wikipedia

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    The three main technologies employed for long-range shooting—the bolt-action rifle, telescopic rifle scope and machined cartridge ammunition—were developed in the nineteenth century. The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824 by the German firearms inventor Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse. The first documented telescopic rifle sight was ...

  3. KRISS Vector - Wikipedia

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    The Vector CRB (carbine) is a semi-automatic carbine with a permanently affixed barrel shroud to the standard 5.5-inch barrel, extending it to 16-inch (410 mm), intended for states with short-barrel rifle bans, with an 18.6-inch (470 mm) version produced for the Canadian market. The standard model has a folding stock (fixed in states where ...

  4. List of modern Russian small arms and light weapons

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    underwater automatic rifle 5.66×39mm MPS: 1975–present Soviet Union: AS Val. silent assault rifle 9×39mm: 1980s–present VSS Vintorez (sniper rifle) Soviet Union: 9A-91. compact assault rifle 9×39mm: 1993–present VSK-94 (sniper rifle) A-9 (9×19mm Parabellum) A-7.62 (7.62×25mm Tokarev) Russia AK-9. carbine, subsonic ammunition 9×39mm ...

  5. 9A-91 - Wikipedia

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    The 9A-91 is a compact assault rifle currently in use with Russian police forces. It is used as a cheaper and more versatile alternative to the SR-3 "Vikhr". [1]The 9A-91 is a gas operated, rotating bolt weapon, which utilizes a long stroke gas piston, located above the barrel, and a rotating bolt with 4 lugs.

  6. List of firearms - Wikipedia

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    This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle, Anti air cannon and any other variants.

  7. Yes, ‘Glock Switches’ Can Turn a Firearm Into an Automatic Weapon

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    When an automatic sear is in place, the weapon’s trigger bar is prevented from catching its firing pin, allowing multiple rounds to be fired without additional pulls of the trigger.

  8. G22 - Wikipedia

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    Glock 22, a semi-automatic pistol; Walther G22, a semi-automatic rifle; Other uses. BMW 4 Series (G22) ... Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II, an American aircraft;

  9. Telescopic sight - Wikipedia

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    The scope base is the attachment interface on the rifle's receiver, onto which the scope rings or scope mount are fixed. Early telescopic sights almost all have the rings that are fastened directly into tapped screw holes on the receiver, hence having no additional scope base other than the receiver top itself.