Modern Firearms, Is the Heckler & Koch XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon now issued on the United states Military?
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The OICW project was can celled when it became apparent that it would be impossible to get the weight of the weapon down to a level where it would become a practical combat rifle.\n\nIt was replaced by the XM8 rifle that was itself canceled because the troops in the field demanded that the 5.56mm round be replaced with a more modern bullet.
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[edit] Rimfire rifles\nIn 1988 Daisy briefly made a line of rimfire rifles, the Legacy rifle. These were bolt action rifles chambered in .22 Long Rifle, and were available in a number of different styles. Options were wooden stock or plastic stock with adjustable buttplate, and single shot, 7 shot box magazine, or 10 shot rotary feed (the magazine was similar to, but not interchangeable with, the Ruger 10/22). While these are very rare, the inexpensive construction and the fact that they are firearms, not airguns, has led to little collectors' interest.\n\n\n[edit] V/L caseless rifles\nDaisy was the first company to introduce a production caseless ammunition and rifle, the V/L Rifle, in 1968. The V/L ammunition consisted of a .22 caliber bullet with a small disk of propellant on the back, and no primer. The rifle resembled a typical spring-air rifle, but the hot, high pressure air served not only as a power source but also to ignite the propellant on the back of the V/L cartridge. The V/L guns and ammunition were discontinued in 1969 after the BATF ruled that they constituted a firearm, and Daisy, which was not licensed to manufacture firearms, decided to discontinue manufacture rather than become a firearms manufacturer. About 23,000 of the rifles were made before production ceased.\n\n\n[edit] Collectibles\nDaisy often makes special edition runs of its products, usually the lever action youth BB guns, in addition to prints of outdoor art and other collectible items.\n\n\n[edit] External link\nDaisy.com – Official web site
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I would say it depends on your states laws on it. As some states its legal to carry mace (with being certified as a concelaed weapon or device )while others very illegal. I know in New Mexico, where I am it is currently legal to own one however if your ever stopped it is illegal to conceal any weapon. It must be out in the open and in any crossing with a officer you must notify them immediatly you are armed. I know though the state is currently working on a law for it and it has been talked either banning it from the public to carry or make persons take a class at there expense to carry one. Check with your district attorney or ask a peace officer in your area. The city Im in just recently banned the public (civilian) from carrying tasers in public, its kind of conflicting right now since its only a local ordinance made and some say it could conflict with the states statue soon to come out. I do know it is totally illegal to carry mace, weapons or tasers into military installations or have them on your person/car on a base.\n\nI do have experience and carry one on duty. I would say it is a good device however I think any joe shouldnt be able to carry one as it can also be deadly to some. To carry mine me and fellow officers had to take written tests, courses on proper uses, and proper situations to deploy it and then were tasered with  x-22 tasers to feel the effect as same we have to be maced once a year to carry it for certification. I know the classes we took here from a trained instruction person it took us all a month in training on its proper use and testing to ensure everyone was widely aware of its capabilities and effect, and again said what situations to properly use it in. We hardly use it unless the situation really needs it. The cops tv show you just see all the good situations they require it to be used where as I have only used it twice in a year, being the other guy had a gun or large knife. So I wouldnt just deploy it just because billy joe is fisting up.\n\nIm guessing you want one for self defense. I know most manufacturers, specially like Galls, GT, etc.  will NOT sell any x-22 type guns used by law enforcement to the public or any similiar. I know some companies sell to the public but ones sold to the public are not as good as a x-22 and very less effective, as I dont blame them for doing this. I wouldnt want the 17 year old Im about to confront with one either.\n\nBut call your district attorneys office or local pd and inquire it.
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Thompson M1928A1 (known as "Tommy Gun," "Chicago Typewriter," or the "the Piano")\n\nUsers: US Marines\n# of guns manufactured: 562,511\nCaliber: .45 ACP \nMass (empty): 4.9 kg (10.8 lb) \nLength: 852 mm (33.5 in) \nRate of fire: 800 round/min \nCapacity: 20 or 30-round box magazine; 50 or 100-round drum magazine \nVariants: M1921, M1923, M1927, M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1 \n\n\nFubar, check this out!--- http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/default.htm\nAll about Tommy Guns plus cool sound effects.
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Assault rifles have selective fire (semi-auto, three round burst, and full-auto). The military M-16, AK-47, M-4.  Magazine fed\n\nSub-machine guns are full auto weapons that fire pistol ammo. Thompson or Tommie gun, MP-5\n\nThen there is the machine pistol which is a full auto pistol.  The Glock 18, \n\nThere are light machine guns such as the Squad automatic weapon (the gun that Zarqawi was trying to fire in that video) and the M-60.  They are full auto, belt fed.\n\nMachine guns are generally considered to heavy to shoot with out a tripod or being mounted on a vehicle the browning .50 cal for instance.\n\n"Long guns" are mainly deer rifles, the Barrett's .50 cal, and shot guns.  Long guns is really a slang tern rather than a classification.  The civilian versions of M-16 (AR-15) ect would fall under this category because with out the BATF stamp civilians can only own the semi-auto versions
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The XM8 is no longer going to replace the M16 weapons system.\n\nPersonally, I do not believe that it would have been in the best interest of the military to adopt the XM8. While it is an improvement over the M16, it still shoots a vermin round. It would be better to adopt Barrett's 6.8mm M468 assault rifle or retool the M16 to use 6.5mm rounds. These rounds will be able to maintain accuracy and increase stopping power. Also, it would cost less as opposed to purchasing an entirely new weapons system, since the lower receivers of the M16s and M4s can be reused.\n\nAfter all, to an infantryman whose life is at stake, the point is to shoot to kill in not 3-5 rounds, but 1-3 rounds. Every round and every second pulling that trigger counts.
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No dude.  That's way out of date.  The new one is the Black Hawk, awesome.
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RPGs your allowed to own legally, and if your licensed to, you can legally own plastic grenades, (much waiting involved with the feds on waiting lists.) anything that’s considered a weapon, and can be considered "fully automatic" unless its a car, its illegal in any case.  unless your a secret squirrel for the government, they're going to have a pretty big problem with finding out you even want one.  (but, I don’t really plan on contacting anyone about this question, or any question I read on here, so duh.)  \n\nsilencers innately affect the accuracy of a gun, so a silencer on anything, especially something with a short barrel like that of a pistol, is going to severely affect the accuracy.  you will not find an accurate pistol like the one you speak of, the barrel is just too short to make any bullet accurate.  but if you try your local pawn shop, you'll be sure to find a good ol' regular one.  you can pick up a 50 cal from your local army surplus, however, it will be missing some key components that are pretty hard to reproduce. if anyone does find out that you somehow managed to arm this kind of weapon, they would raid your house just to confiscate it.   \n\nhonestly, I know somebody like you.  he owns like 20 guns.  (none of which are capable of blowing a hole in anything any smaller than a foot wide) even a German pistol from world war 2 with a Nazi sign on it. (its pretty old, but it is a piece of history)  except for he doesn’t have the balls to pull the trigger when he needs to.  its pretty sad.
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That kind of weaponry, to be sure, is no joke. That gun can stop any beast in its tracks!\n\nI've never fired one myself- the closest thing may have been an old .45 revolver that my uncle Bob owned. It was, evidently, from WWI or WWII. It was a very solid and formidable gun. It used unique shells- rim-fire .45 shells. Anyone who would have dared to enter his castle in a hostile manner would be in for .45 caliber brain surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nIt sucks that the government is taking away our rights to bear arms. The second amendment hardly matters anymore. Have you noticed that guns are becoming very scarce? I used to shop at lots of sporting goods stores, and guns were available just about anywhere. But apparently, the government mistrusts its own people. Wal-Mart is going to stop selling guns (but will continue to sell ammunition, for now, at least), too. I want to get a few long guns soon, before they become contraband in the "land of the free"!
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nCongratulations, you have a US Rifle Model 1917 Enfield, known as a P17, manufactured in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The 1917 was manufactured in .30-06. \n\nPrior to US entry into World War I, the Eddystone plant was manufacturing the Model 1914 Enfield (a.k.a.: P14) chambered in .303 for the British. This is where Cabhammer is in error. When the U.S. entered the war, U.S. war needs surpassed the commercial ventures to supply Great Britain. As the US was entering WWI, as Cabhammer correctly stated, the US had an insufficient supply of M1903 rifles, manufactured by either Springfield or Rock Island, hence the modification of the P14 to be chambered in .30-06, which made it the P17 (for Pattern 17). \n\nThe 1917 Enfield differs substantially from the M1903 Springfield:\nFirst, the 1917 is bulkier and heavier.\nSecond, the 1917 had a rear sight mounted on the receiver bridge, not forward of the receiver ring.\nThird, the 1917 was a bit more difficult to fire rapidly, because the action cocked on opening, not closing like the Springfield, hence the Springfield is perceived to have a smoother action.\n\nThe Civilian Marksmanship Program had been selling its limited supply of 1917 Enfields for either $350 or $450 (I forget which), and recently sold out. The CMP does not anticipate receiving any other 1917s for resale. The same has happened with the M1903 Springfield, which sold for $450, and sold out this past August. While at Cabelas in Hamburg, Pa. 2 weeks ago, they had a "high serial numbered" Rock Island M1903 selling for $850. I think you could expect your 1917 to have a similar value, for someone wanting a 1917! (Note: Parts for the M1917 have not been as readily available as they have been for the M1903, so appearance and condition may not be as good as you will find on the Springfield's.)
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Sorry, you need to post a little more info. Mauser style rifles have been in continuous manufacture for over a hundred years. \n\nLook up Swedish Mauser and Yugoslav Mauser to see what you get. \n\nhttp://www.spanamwar.com/spanishmauser.htm\n\nWhen you find out what it is, go to \nhttp://www.GunBroker.com
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http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2165951.php\n\nhttp://world.guns.ru/assault/as70-e.htm\n\nVIDEO!\n\nhttp://mfile.akamai.com/21772/wmv/gannett.download.akamai.com/21772/streaming/wmv/101806scar.asx\n\nYour welcome
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Fabrique Nationale, the Belgin national firearms group produced dozens of different military and civillian weapons from the late 1800's to this day.\nDe Guerre, means "for war" indicating that yes, this is a military weapon. \nThe caliber .30-06 narrows things down a bit. While F.N.       MAY have produced Mauser rifles in that caliber for some contracts, The definitly produced a semi-automatic rifle in that caliber, and It has considerable collector and shooter interest.\nIf you can't find it on the gunbroker page someone else suggested, Try going to security arms photo archive and scrolling down to F.N. guns and looking for one like yours.\nHollar back and let us know what you found!
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Gaston Glock is notoriously quiet about any upcoming products in the Glock line.  For some time there have been rumors of a .22 pistol in development, as has a true large bore magnum round.    \n\nMost development and resources however are focused on the military/law enforcement markets traditionally.  I suspect for the foreseeable future this is where new models will be introduced.  Pistols along the lines of the Glock 18, the "sub-lethal" compressed air guns, and others tailored to the SF communities.  \n\nAs for the .45 GAP round being adopted by the US military for any widespread use, that's very unlikely.  Contracts for current issue 92f are secured for the foreseeable future and .45 ACP models, issued primarily to SF, from various manufacturers have a very high loyalty and lobby to bring the cartridge back to replace the 9mm in general issue.  \n\nI hope my rather long reply to your question is of some help.  I am a Glock owner and have worked with police and other organizations training their members to fully utilize their issued Glocks.  I regularly have contacts with other instructors, armorers, and organizations involved with Glock products.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to more fully elaborate on non civilian models in use or in development due to restrictions in disclosure.
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It depends. It is a battlefield formation as previously mentioned. The US Navy also has a weapon system called a Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons System). It is a gun system that consists of a radar system on top of a 20mm chain gun. It's computerized and automatic. It tracks targets and based on their profile, determine what is hostile and engage the most threatening.
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Having spent most of my career armed with a pistol and having qualified on several different military and civilian issue weapons, I have decided that the gun for each shooter is a highly personal choice.\nI was originally trained as an MP on the 45 Cal Auto. Later they transitioned us to the 9MM Beretta. Between these two, I am a traditionalist. I had better scores with the old 45 than I ever did with the 9MM.\nAs far as my own personal weapons, I have decided that the 10 MM Ruger fits the bill. My wife, who was trained and qualified on the same military weapons as I did, has selected the Walther PPS 9MM as her personal weapon.\nI understand the ballistics and lethality of a 22, but for me it has always been stopping power, not accuracy. I would never shoot a fleeing target, but would damn well put a round or two into an advancing one.
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the answer is in the army files of every nation that ever had a war.\nmachine guns spit out bullets very fast. Or I suspect the old Tommy gun in the 20s' was the one. Gangsters perhaps in Chicago.\n\ngl