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  2. Gun laws in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Alaska was the first state to adopt carry laws modeled after those of Vermont, where no license is required to carry a handgun either openly or concealed. However, permits are still issued to residents, allowing reciprocity with other states [1] and exemption from the Federal Gun Free School Zone Act. [2]

  3. List of U.S. state firearms - Wikipedia

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    In July 2014, Alaska adopted the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 rifle as its state firearm. The bill, sponsored by Senate President Charlie Huggins , refers to the gun as the "rifleman's rifle." The bill says the gun helped Alaskans "establish a firm foothold" in the wilderness between 1930 and 1963.

  4. 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 8 gun - Wikipedia

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    The 12"/50 caliber gun Mark 8 was a US naval gun mounted on the Alaska-class cruiser. The gun, like the "large cruiser" that mounted it, was intended to fill the gap between US "heavy cruisers" (6-8") and US battleships (14-16"). The name describes the size of the shells, 12 inches in diameter, and the length of the bore in calibers (50 bore ...

  5. Fort Wainwright - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (USAG Alaska) provides an Alaska Native Liaison that manages the Native Liaison/Government to Government program for Fort Wainwright. Fort Wainwright's cantonment and training areas is made up of Army-withdrawn land that support resources that have been utilized by the Alaska Native community for thousands of years.

  6. United States Army Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Over 20 percent of Alaska's Army garrison was court martialed from 1868-1869 alone, and in 1870, their budget was cut drastically, and all military posts except Sitka were shut down. [4] The Army relinquished control of Alaska to the U.S. Treasury Department in 1877 with the closing of Sitka, but did not entirely leave the territory. The Signal ...

  7. .50 Alaskan - Wikipedia

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    Since the rifle was designed for use on Alaska's great bears, Johnson cut 720-grain (47 g) boat-tail .50 BMG bullets in half, seating the 450-grain (29 g) rear half upside down in the fireformed .50-caliber case. It didn't take Johnson long to find out that the truncated-shaped "solid" would shoot through a big brown bear from any direction ...

  8. Assault weapons legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Although it is commonly referred to as an assault weapons ban, New Jersey's law actually uses the term "assault firearm" to define banned and regulated guns. Among the list of firearms identified as 'assault firearms' are the Colt AR-15, AK variants and all 'M1 Carbine Type' variants. Some New Jersey gun advocates have called its laws "draconian".

  9. 7.62×39mm - Wikipedia

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    The 7.62×39mm (also called 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns.