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.950 JDJ cases are approximately 70 mm in length, and are based on a 20×102mm Vulcan case shortened and necked up to accept the .950 in (24.1 mm) bullet. Projectiles are custom-made and most commonly weigh 3,600 grains (230 g) which is 8.2 ounces or over half a pound.
3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3 United States: Interwar / World War II 76.2 3"/23 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II 76.2 3"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II / Korean War / Cold War / Vietnam War 76.2 3"/70 Mark 26 gun United States: Cold War 76.2 76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15 Russian Empire: World War I 76.2
The Girandoni air rifle is an air gun designed by Italian inventor Bartolomeo Girandoni circa 1779. The weapon was also known as the Windbüchse ("wind rifle" in German).One of the rifle's more famous associations is its use on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes.Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire (this was employed by two-seat aircraft all through the war).
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
Chris Turek of Travers City, Michigan, sights in a .30-caliber air rifle at a conference of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoors Writers. Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed 15 bills into law ...
A para-athlete competing with a match air rifle A collection of lever-action, spring-piston air rifles. An air gun or airgun is a gun that uses energy from compressed air or other gases that are mechanically pressurized and then released to propel and accelerate projectiles, similar to the principle of the primitive blowgun.
A .35-caliber airgun equipped with a scope rests on a tripod at a shooting range. The airgun is classified as a pre-charged pneumatic, or PCP, and uses stored, compressed air to fire pellets or slugs.