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  2. List of assault rifles - Wikipedia

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    List of assault rifles. Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not ...

  3. Killing of John Crawford III - Wikipedia

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    The killing of John Crawford III occurred on August 5, 2014. Crawford was a 22-year-old African-American man shot and killed by a police officer in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while he was holding a BB gun that was for sale in the store.

  4. Anti-tank rifle - Wikipedia

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    Soviet PTRS anti-tank rifle in a museum. An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles. The term is usually used for weapons that can be carried and used by one person, but is sometimes used for larger ...

  5. Mighty Wings - Wikipedia

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    Cheap Trick singles chronology. "How About You". (1985) " Mighty Wings ". (1986) "It's Only Love". (1986) " Mighty Wings " is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1986 as the third single from the soundtrack of the film Top Gun. It was written by Harold Faltermeyer and Mark Spiro, and produced by Faltermeyer.

  6. List of submachine guns - Wikipedia

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    Società Anonima Revelli Manifattura Armiguerra. 9×19mm Parabellum. Italian Social Republic. 1943. SMG. Arsenal submachine gun. Arsenal. 9×20 mm SR Browning. Estonia.

  7. Shooting sports - Wikipedia

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    Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms ( firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, [1] rifles [2] and shotguns [3]) and bows / crossbows. [4] [5]

  8. Bullpup - Wikipedia

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    SVDS, a conventionally configured rifle using the same action. A bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. [1] This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given barrel length, and one that is often lighter, more compact, concealable and more maneuverable than a ...

  9. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    M16 internal piston action system. The M16 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine -fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt. The M16's receivers are made of 7075 aluminum alloy, its barrel, bolt, and bolt carrier of steel, and its handguards, pistol grip, and buttstock of plastics.