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  2. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    7,62–59 (1959–1990s) = Crate marking indicating 7.62×54mmR M91 Russian (7,62mm vz. 59). Replaced the 7.92mm Mauser round in 1959. PS Povazske Strojarne ("Factory at Povazska") (1946–1952) – Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). The renamed National Ammunition Plant after its move from Bratislava.

  3. List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog ...

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    The entire contents of the can were replaced by fifteen .30-'06 M3 Grenade Blanks in a heat-sealed plastic bag. The packets of M7 booster charges started to be withdrawn in the 1970s(?) when the M1 Garand started to be replaced by the M16 rifle in the National Guard. The instruction "Do Not Use As Food Container" was prominently painted on the ...

  4. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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    Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

  5. 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 .

  6. High power rifle - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. M1 Garand, a Soviet PPsh-41 and a German Sturmgewehr 44. Another style of popular matches is called CMP games. Such matches permit both US service rifles as well as foreign military rifles (e.g., Lee–Enfield, M1 Garand, Arisaka, etc.). These matches are governed by rules and scoring methods that are very similar to U.S. service rifle ...

  7. 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 .

  8. Marksmanship badges (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Former National Trophy Match Badge. In 1903, the 57th U.S. Congress created the National Marksmanship Competition Matches which provided for the creation of the National Match (Dogs of War) Trophy. Winners of the National Match (Dogs of War) Trophy were also awarded an antique bronze National Trophy Match (Dogs of War) Badge along with the top ...

  9. .30-06 Springfield - Wikipedia

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    The M3 was designed to be used with the M1 series (for the M1903 Springfield rifle), M2 series (for the M1917 Enfield rifle), and M7 series (for the M1 Garand rifle) spigot grenade launchers and used a propellant that was a mixture of five grains of FFFG black powder and 40 grains of IMR-4895 smokeless powder.