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The Fabricca Nazionale Combination Gun was an Italian survival gun. The Fabricca Nazionale Combination Gun was a two-barrelled up-and-over gun with the two barrels chambered in different calibres: 0.410 gauge and .22 Long Rifle and had a 41-inch barrel.
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The FAC-70 is an American gas operated selective-fire assault rifle. The FAC-70 is chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge which it takes from a 30-round box magazine from an AR-180 rifle and fires with a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute. It has a 457 mm long barrel and a muzzle velocity of 976 meters per second and an effective range of 350 meters.
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The FN FAL (Model 50) is a Belgian automatic rifle first demonstrated in 1948 and first manufactured in 1953. The FN FAL was developed as an updated replacement for the SAFN M49 rifle, and was initially chambered for the German 7.92 mm Kurz cartridge, later for the British .280 cartridge and finally for the NATO 7.62 mm cartridge. The FN FAL is a gas operated selective fire automatic rifle that was produced in several variations including a heavy barrelled version as a light machine-gun. The FN FAL takes a 20-round box magazine and fires at a cyclic rate of between 650 and 700 rounds per minute with an effective range of 650 meters. The FN FAL has a 533 mm long barrel, except the 50-63 model which has a shorter 436 mm long barrel and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and one of several rearsights depending upon model, sliding, flip or fixed. A paratrooper model, the FN FAL Para has a folding stock.
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The Falco Alberti Garden Gun was an Italian single-action gun designed for shooting garden vermin. The Falco Alberti Garden Gun was chambered for the 9 mm Rimfire cartridge which was singularly loaded. The Falco Alberti Garden Gun had a 40.5 inch barrel so as to be classified as a shotgun under British law.
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The FAMAS (known colloquially as the Bugle) is a French military assault rifle used by the French army since 1979 when it replaced the Mas49/56 rifle. The FAMAS is chambered for the 5.56 mm x 45 NATO cartridge and takes a 20 or 30 round box magazine and fires in single-shot semi-automatic, three-round burst or fully automatic as selected at a rate of between 1000 and 1100 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 960 meters per second to an effective range of 300 meters.
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The Fanzoj Carpathian Rifle is an Austrian single-shot hand-crafted breech-action hunting rifle. The Fanzoj Carpathian Rifle is produced in blued steel with engraved metal side panels and a walnut stock in 7 x 65 Remington calibre and has a 25.5 inch long barrel, fixed sights and a facility for mounting a telescopic sight.
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The Fanzoj Double-Express Rifle is an Austrian double-barrelled single-shot per barrel breech-action big-game hunting rifle. The Fanzoj Double-Express Rifle is produced in blued steel with engraved metal side panels and a walnut stock. The two 24 inch long barrels are arranged side by side and chambered for the .470 Nitro Express cartridge.
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The Fanzoj Triple-Express Rifle is an Austrian three-barrelled breech-action single-shot per barrel hunting rifle. The Fanzoj Triple-Express Rifle is produced in blued steel with engraved metal side panels with a walnut stock. The three 24 inch long barrels are arranged one above the other and take three different calibres of .22 Hornet, 6.5 x 57 Remington and 9.3 x 74 Remington.
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The Farquhar-Hill rifle is a British long recoil operated automatic rifle taking a .303 inch round from a 20-round drum. Operation is automatic with a cyclic rate of 700 rounds-per-minute. It has a muzzle velocity of 732 meters-per-second and is sighted to 1372 meters.
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The Federal M203A is an American single-shot, smoothbore, 38 mm calibre riot gun. It fires the standard 37 mm and 38 mm calibre riot control cartridges and can be fitted with a cup discharger for firing Federal tear-gas grenades. Upon loading a cartridge, the gun is automatically cocked. It can however, be manually cocked or fired in a double action mode by just pulling the trigger.
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The Feinwerkbau 2602 is a range of German small-bore match rifles produced in .22 Long Rifle calibre. The Feinwerkbau 2602 is a single-shot, bolt-action rifle with a 16.75 inch long barrel fitted with optical and bead tunnel sights.
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The Ferguson Rifle was a 0.5 inch calibre breech-loading rifle manufactured by Durs Egg in the 1770s. It was 155 cm long and had an effective range of 250 meters.
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The FFV 890C was a Swedish gas-operated selective fire assault rifle based upon the Galil rifle, but modified for use in cold weather, to accept the 5.56 mm x 45 cartridge, and with a new barrel. The FFV 890C took a 35-round box magazine and had a muzzle velocity of860 meters per second and a cyclic rate of 650 rounds per minute. The FFV 890C had a 340 mm long barrel, folding stock and was fitted with a protected post foresight and a flip aperture rearsight and extra night sight.
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The FG42 (Fallshirmjagergewehr 42) is a German assault rifle developed in 1942 for the German Luftwaffe Parachute regiments. It is gas operated and takes a 7.92 mm round from a 20-round box. It has a muzzle velocity of 762 meters-per-second and it is sighted to 1200 meters. It can be fired single shot or in bursts.
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The flintlock was a type of mechanism first used for rifles, later also for pistols. The flintlock was first introduced at the end of the 16th century. The flintlock uses a piece of shaped flint held in screw tightened jaws which are pulled back in the cocked position. Pulling the trigger releases the jaws which flew forward and caused the flint to strike a steel plate. The resulting sparks ignited powder placed in a flash pan which ignites the charge in the breech and so discharges the weapon. Flintlock rifles were widely used until about 1840 and were still being made for the African market during the 1930's.
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The FN 30-11 is a Belgian bolt action sniping rifle produced in 7.62 mm NATO calibre from 1978 to 1986 as a sniping rifle for the police force and military use. It uses a standard Mauser bolt action and integral ten round magazine in a heavy receiver and barrel. Aperture sights were fitted and also a mounting for a telescopic sight.
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The FN BAR Type D was a Belgian version of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) produced from 1923 to 1939. The Belgian version had a quick-change barrel, could fire from a 20-round magazine or belt feed, had a pistol grip and various other mechanical modifications improving the Browning original. It had a arte of fire of 450 or 650 rounds-per-minute and was produced chambered for 6.5 mm Swedish Mauser, 7 mm Spanish Mauser, 7.5 mm Belgian Mauser and 7.92 mm Mauser cartridges.
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The FN CAL (Carbine Automatique Legere) was a Belgian gas operated selective fire automatic rifle, and the first European rifle to be chambered for the 5.56 mm x 45 cartridge, being first produced in 1966. The FN CAL took a 20- or 30-round box magazine and had a selective rate of fire and three round bursts at a cyclic rate of between 650 and 700 rounds per minute. The FN CAL had a muzzle velocity of 970 meters per second and was sighted to 400 meters with a cylindrical post foresight and a flip aperture rearsight. The FN CAL had a 467 mm long barrel and was produced with a wooden stock and a folding stock.
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The FN Model 30 was a Belgian version of the American Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 A2, first produced in 1930. The Belgian FN Model 30 differed from the American weapon chiefly in having a ribbed barrel to assist cooling and having a fire rate regulator fitted. The FN Model 30 was a gas-operated automatic rifle with two rates of fire. It was chambered for the US .30, 7.92 mm Mauser or 7 mm Cartridge which it took from a 20-round box magazine and fired at a rate of 400 or 700 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 854 meters per second to an effective range of 800 meters. The FN Model 30 had a 500 mm long barrel and was fitted with a post foresight and tangent rearsight.
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The FN P90 is a Belgian Personal Defence Weapon (PDW) - a selective fully automatic cross between a sub-machine gun and an assault rifle, compact enough to be carried by support troops such as signals troops, drivers, engineers and the like, but with effective firepower. The FN P90 is chambered for the 5.7 x 28 mm cartridge and is fed by a 50-round box magazine with a rate of fire of 900 rounds-per-minute.
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The FN Sniper Rifle is a Belgian manual bolt action sniper's rifle, based on the standard Mauser bolt action, chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge which it takes from a 5-round box magazine. The FN Sniper Rifle has a 502 mm long heavy barrel and a muzzle velocity of 850 meters per second.
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The FN-FNC is a Belgian gas operated selective fire assault rifle developed to replace the FN CAL, and first produced in the late 1970's. The FN-FNC is chambered for the 5.56 mm x 45 cartridge and takes a 30-round box magazine (interchangeable with the magazine for the US Armalite AR-15 rifle) and has a cyclic rate of between 600 and 750 rounds-per-minute. The muzzle velocity varies with the cartridge used, standard NATO M193 or FN SS109, and is between 915 and 965 meters per second. The FN-FNC has a 450 mm long barrel, folding stock and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a flip aperture rearsight. The FN-FNC when fitted with a barrel rifled for the FN SS109 cartridge has an improved effective range, approaching that of rifles chambered for the 7.62 mm cartridge, and can penetrate a US steel army helmet at a range of 1100 meters
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Fowling-piece is an alternative name for a sporting shot-gun.
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The FR-F1 (Fusil a Repetition Modele F1) was a French manually-operated bolt-action sniping rifle designed to replace the Modele 1936 sniper rifle in the French army. The FR-F1 was manufactured in two calibres: 7.5 mm and 7.62 mm NATO, fed from a 10-round box magazine, and had a muzzle velocity of about 850 meters per second and an effective range of 800 meters. The FR-F1 had a 552 mm long barrel and although usually used with a Modele 53 bis telescopic sight, was fitted with a flat topped pyramid iron foresight with a luminous spot and a square shouldered notch iron rearsight with luminous spots. The FR-F1 was fitted with a bipod with fully adjustable legs, mid-way along the length of the rifle. The FR-F1 saw action with the 2nd Parachute Battalion of the French Foreign Legion in Shaba province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) in 1978.
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The FR-F2 is a French bolt-action sniping rifle designed to replace the FR-F1 sniper rifle in the French army. The FR-F2 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge fed from a 10-round box magazine. Improvements on the FR-F1 include the addition of a flash suppressor and a heavier barrel.
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The Franchi PA3/215 is an Italian 12-gauge manual repeating pump-action shotgun with a magazine capacity of 3 + 1 rounds.
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The Franchi PA3/345 is an Italian 12-gauge manual repeating pump-action shotgun with a magazine capacity of 5 + 1 rounds.
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The Franchi PA7 is an Italian 12-gauge manual repeating pump-action shotgun with a magazine capacity of 5 + 1 rounds.
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The Franchi PA8 is an Italian 12-gauge manual repeating pump-action shotgun with a magazine capacity of 5 + 1 rounds. The PA8 is available with a fixed butt stock and with a folding tubular butt stock.
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The Franchi SPAS-11 is an Italian gas operated (with an option for manual pump action) semi-automatic riot shotgun. The Franchi SPAS-11 was first produced in 1979 and takes 12-bore rounds from an 8-round tubular magazine. The Franchi SPAS-11 has a 500 mm long barrel and a practical rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute.
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The Franchi SPAS-12 is an Italian Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun first produced in 1979, and the first purpose made shotgun for police and security forces. The SPAS-12 is a short-barrelled 12-gauge semi-automatic with a folding butt fitted with an attachment to allow one handed carrying and operation of the weapon. The SPAS-12 takes seven rounds from a tubular magazine, a further eighth round can be carried in the chamber, and in semi-automatic mode fires at a rate of four rounds per minute. A grenade launcher can be fitted for use in manual mode.
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The Franchi SPAS-15 is an Italian Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun first produced in 1988, based upon the Franchi SPAS-12, but with a box magazine. The SPAS-15 is a short-barrelled 12-gauge semi-automatic with a folding butt. The SPAS-15 takes six rounds from a box magazine, and can fire in semi-automatic or manual mode. Various attachments are supplied to allow the SPAS-15 to be used as a grenade launcher, and there is also a fixed-butt which can be fitted.
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The Frankonia Favorit De Luxe is a German bolt-action hunting rifle based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle. The Frankonia Favorit De Luxe is produced in various calibres and takes a 5-round fixed magazine as standard, or 3-round fixed magazine in Magnum calibres. The Frankonia Favorit De Luxe is produced in barrel lengths between 60 and 65 cm with adjustable sights. A Super de Luxe model is also produced to custom requirements with optional `custom engraving and a telescopic sight.
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The Frankonia Favorit Druckjagd is a German bolt-action hunting rifle based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle. The Frankonia Favorit Druckjagd is produced in various calibres and takes a 5-round fixed magazine as standard, or 3-round fixed magazine in Magnum calibres. The Frankonia Favorit Druckjagd is produced with a 52 cm long barrel with special driven game and bead tunnel sights.
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The Frankonia Favorit Safari is a German bolt-action big-game hunting rifle based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle. The Frankonia Favorit Safari is produced in various large calibres and takes a 3-round fixed magazine. The
Frankonia Favorit Safari is produced with a 65 cm long barrel with adjustable sights.
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The Frankonia Favorit Standard is a German bolt-action hunting rifle based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle. The Frankonia Favorit Standard is produced in various calibres and takes a 5-round fixed magazine as standard, or 3-round fixed magazine in Magnum calibres. The Frankonia Favorit Standard is produced in a 60 cm standard barrel length and 65 cm barrel length in the Magnum calibre models, both fitted with adjustable sights.
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The Frankonia Favorit Stutzen is a German bolt-action hunting carbine based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle. The Frankonia Favorit Stutzen is produced in various calibres and takes a 5-round fixed magazine. The Frankonia Favorit Stutzen has a 52 cm long barrel and the stock runs the length of the barrel to the muzzle. It is fitted with adjustable sights.
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A fusil was a light flint-lock musket closely resembling a carbine.
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