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  • 1.41 Action Express — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name= .41 Action Express caption= origin= USA type= Handgun service= used by= wars= designer= Evan Whildin design date=1986 manufacturer=Action Arms production date= number= variants= is SI specs= parent= case… …

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  • 2autoloadingprenominal semiautomatic — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… …

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  • 3Kel-Tec SUB-2000 — semiautomatic firearm with its operating spring located in the tubular stock. It feeds from a grip located magazine well using magazines designed for various pistols, and is an inexpensive carbine. The distinguishing characteristic of this rifle… …

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  • 4small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …

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  • 5Colt's Manufacturing Company — For other uses, see CMC (disambiguation). Colt s Manufacturing Company Type Private Industry Defense Founded 1836 …

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  • 6Pedersen rifle — The Pedersen Rifle, officially known in final form as the T1E3 rifle, was a United States semi automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen that was made in small numbers for testing by the United States Army during the 1920s as part of a program to …

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  • 7Semi-automatic rifle — US M1941 is a semi automatic rifle A semi automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately… …

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  • 8Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …

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  • 9police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …

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  • 10Magazine (firearms) — Not to be confused with Magazine (artillery). A staggered column 9x19mm pistol box magazine; the top image shows the magazine loaded and ready for use while the lower image shows it unloaded and disassembled A magazine is an ammunition storage… …

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