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The Feg-KBI SA-85M is a Hungarian semi-automatic assault rifle based on the Soviet AK47. The Feg-KBI SA-85M is produced in 7.62 mm calibre and takes a 6- or 30-round magazine. The Feg-KBI SA-85M has a 16.25 inch long barrel and is fitted with adjustable rack sights.
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The SAFN M49 (also known as the ABL) was a Belgian gas-operated semi-automatic rifle produced in 7.92 mm, 7.65 mm, .30-06 and 7 mm calibres immediately after the Second World War. The SAFN M49 took a 10-round charger-loaded magazine and had a muzzle velocity of 730 metres per second and an effective range of 700 metres. The SAFN M49 had a 589 mm long barrel and was fitted with a shielded post foresight and a tangent aperture rearsight.
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The Springfield SAR-4800 rifle is a .308 inch calibre, gas operated military rifle.
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The Springfield SAR-8 rifle is a .308 inch calibre, recoil operated semi-automatic sporting rifle.
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The Schermuly Riot Gun is a British multi-purpose single-shot smoothbore, 38 mm calibre gun which can be fitted with an adapter barrel to fire 12-gauge shotgun ammunition and also fitted with a cup discharger for the firing of large tear-gas grenades.
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The Schmidt-Rubin M1889 is a Swiss straight pull bolt action rifle produced from 1889 to 1920. It takes the Swiss service M1890 7.5 mm cartridge from a 12 round magazine. It is now obsolete in military terms, but quite a few are still used for target shooting.
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The Schmidt-Rubin M1911 is a Swiss straight pull bolt action rifle produced from 1911 to 1925. It was developed from the M1889 to take the more powerful M1911 7.5 mm cartridge which it takes a six round magazine. The M1911 (Colt Government) was a .45 inch calibre automatic pistol designed by Browning in 1911 and manufactured by Colt. It had a semi-automatic recoil action and took a 7-round magazine.
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The Schmidt-Rubin M1931 Carbine is a Swiss straight pull bolt action short rifle produced from 1933 to 1958 for the Swiss army. It had a completely revised action. It took the M1911 7.5 mm cartridge from a 6 round magazine. In the 1930s a 100 of these rifles were supplied to the Vatican City.
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The Schultz And Larsen UIT Free Rifle is a Danish bolt-action target-shooting rifle introduced in the 1940's. The Schultz And Larsen UIT Free Rifle is chambered for the .22 long rifle cartridge which is manually fed and the rifle has a 718 mm barrel.
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The Sharps Carbine was a .53 inch calibre breech loading carbine used by the Americans during the American Civil War. It had an effective range of 450 metres.
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A shotgun is a shoulder gun with smooth-bored barrel(s) primarily intended for firing multiple small, round projectiles, (shot, birdshot, pellets), larger shot (buck shot), single round balls (pumpkin balls) and cylindrical slugs. Some shotgun barrels have rifling to give better accuracy with slugs or greater pattern spread to birdshot.
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The SIG SG 510 is a series of Swiss delayed blowback operated selective fire rifles produced in both NATO 7.62 mm calibre and Soviet 7.62 mm calibres. The standard SIG SG 510-4 model takes a 20-round box magazine and has a muzzle velocity of 790 metres per second and a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute/ It has a 505 mm long barrel and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and an aperture rearsight. The SIG SG 510-4 model in a slightly modified format is known in Switzerland as the SIG SG 57.
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The SIG SG 530 was a Swiss gas-operated (originally blowback operated, but this was changed) selectable fire automatic rifle produced in limited trial quantities only around 1970, in 5.56 mm calibre. The SIG SG 530 took a box magazine and fired with a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute, a muzzle velocity of 877 metres per second and a maximum range of 2500 meters, though an effective range of just 400 metres. The SIG SG 530 had a 391mm long barrel and was fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a flip aperture rearsight.
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The SIG SG 540 is a series of Swiss gas-operated assault rifles available in fixed and folding butt stock models, chambered for the 5.56 mm or 7.62 mm NATO cartridge fed from a 20- or 30-round box magazine and with a cyclic rate of between 650 and 800 rounds-per-minute. The muzzle velocity varies between the models from 820 metres per second in the short barrel, carbine model (SIG SG 543) to 980 metres per second in the standard model. Each rifle is selectable between automatic and single shot modes and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and an aperture rearsight and have an effective range of about 600 metres.
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The SIG SG 542 is a Swiss gas-operated assault rifle of the SIG SG 540 series available in fixed and folding butt stock models, chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge fed from a 20- or 30-round box magazine and with a cyclic rate of between 650 and 800 rounds-per-minute. The SIG SG 542 has a 528 mm long barrel and a muzzle velocity of 820 metres per second.
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The SIG SG 543 is a Swiss gas-operated assault rifle of the SIG SG 540 series available in fixed and folding butt stock models, chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge fed from a 20- or 30-round box magazine and with a cyclic rate of between 650 and 800 rounds-per-minute. It has a muzzle velocity of 875 metres per second. The SG 543 is a short barrel version of the SIG SG 540.
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The SIG SG 550 is a Swiss gas-operated assault rifle chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge fed from a 20 or 30-round box magazine and with a cyclic rate of 700 rounds-per-minute. A semi-automatic gas-operated sniping rifle with a fitted bipod version is also manufactured.
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The SIG SG 551 is a short barrel version of the SIG SG 550 assault rifle.
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The SIG SG 57 (Stgw 57) was a Swiss delayed blowback operated automatic rifle introduced in 1957. The SIG SG 57 was chambered for the 7.5 mm Swiss M1911 cartridge which it took from a 24-round box magazine and fired with a muzzle velocity of 760 meters-per-second and a cyclic rate of 475 rpm. The SIG SG 57 was used by the Swiss defence forces and also exported under the designation SIG SG 510.
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The SIG SSG-2000 is a Swiss target and law enforcement sniping rifle. Production started in 1989. It has no iron sights, but instead a telescopic sight is mandatory. Models are produced chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge, 5.56 mm, 7.5 mm and the .300 Weatherby Magnum.
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The SIG SSG-3000 is a Swiss military and police bolt-action sniping rifle. Production started in 1991. It has no fixed sights, but instead a telescopic sight is mandatory. It takes the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge from a five-round magazine. The SIG SSG-3000 has a 24 inch long barrel and is fitted with a bipod.
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The SIG-Sauer 205 is a Swiss target-shooting bolt-action rifle for 300 meter range competition shooting, produced in 7.5 mm and .308 Winchester (7.62 mm NATO) calibres, taking a 10-round magazine. The SIG-Sauer 205 has a 66 cm long barrel.
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The Simonov SKS (Simonov SL Rifle) is a Russian gas-operated self-loading carbine developed in 1946 and chambered for the 7.62 mm cartridge which it takes from a 10-round integral box magazine and fires with a muzzle velocity of 735 meters-per-second to an effective range of 400 metres. The Simonov SKS has a 20.5-inch barrel, post foresight and tangent notch rearsight. The Simonov SKS saw action with guerrilla forces in the Middle East before being superseded in the Soviet army by the AK47.
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The Spencer was the first successful repeating rifle. It was manufactured in 1862 by the Spencer repeating Rifle Company, in the USA. The Spencer was a lever-action, rolling block rifle with a 7-round tube magazine in the butt. It had an effective range of 275 metres.
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The term spiking a gun was applied to muzzle-loaders, fired from a vent or touch-hole in the breech, which was closed by driving into it a cast-iron spike, afterwards broken short off by a hammer so as to disable the weapon. The only remedy was drilling another vent, a long and tedious process.
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The Springfield M1903 is an American manual bolt operated rifle based on the Mauser rifle and first produced in 1903 and in general issue from 1906 replacing the Krag-Jorgensen M1896. The Springfield M1903 takes a .30 inch round from a 5-round internal box magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of between 700 and 850 meters-per-second depending upon ammunition used and is sighted to 2469 meters, with an effective range of 800 metres. The Springfield M1903 has a 610 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and a leaf, range aperture or telescopic rearsight.
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The Springfield M1903A3 was an American bolt-action rifle developed from the Springfield M1903 and produced between 1942 and 1944. The Springfield M1903A3 was chambered for the .30 calibre cartridge which it took from a 5-round integral box magazine and fired with a muzzle velocity of 855 meters-per-second
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The Springfield M1903A4 is a sniping version of the Sprinfield M1903A3 rifle with no iron sights, and instead a permanently mounted optical scope and the bolt handle cut away to avoid striking the telescopic sight.
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The Erma SR 100 is a German bolt-action precision target shooting rifle. The SR 100 is produced in blued matt steel with an aluminium alloy breech and an open formed laminated stock with a bipod. The SR 100 has interchangeable barrels for firing different calibre cartridges including .308 Winchester (7.62 mm NATO), .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum, taking a 10-, 8- or 5-round magazine respectively. The SR 100 has a 65 to 75 cm long barrel and is fitted with a mounting for a telescopic sight.
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The CIS SR-88 is a Singapore gas-operated assault rifle. The SR-88 is chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge which it takes from a 20- or 30-round box magazine, has a cyclic rate of 750 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 970 meters-per-second. The SR-88 is produced with a fixed glass fibre stock and with a folding, twin-strut stock, and a carbine model with a shorter barrel and folding stock is also produced. The standard model has a 460 mm barrel. An updated version was produced in 1990 as the SR-88-A.
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The Sterling Assault Rifle is a British (but made in Singapore) gas-operated selective fire rifle developed during the late 1970's as a rugged and reliable conventional weapon which could be mass produced and supplied to poor armed forces at a low cost. The Sterling Assault Rifle is chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge which it takes from a 20-, 30- or 40-round box magazine and fires with a muzzle velocity of 990 metres per second to an effective range of between 5000 and 600 metres. The Sterling Assault Rifle is selectable between single shot and automatic with a cyclic rate of 650 rounds per minute. The Sterling Assault Rifle has a post foresight and an aperture rearsight and is made in fixed, telescopic and folding butt models.
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The Steyr AUG (Army Universal Gun) is an Austrian gas-operated assault rifle first produced in 1978, and designed to be usable for a variety of roles, and configurable in various calibres. The standard military version is chambered for the 5.56 mm x 45 cartridge, fed from a 30-round box magazine and fired at either single shots or 650 rounds-per-minute automatic selected by trigger pressure. The Steyr AUG is produced in a carbine model with a 407 mm long barrel, a rifle version with a 508 mm long barrel and a light machine-gun model with a 610 mm long barrel
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The Steyr-Mannlicher SSG-69 is an Austrian bolt-action sniper rifle developed for the Austrian army in 1969. The rifle is chambered for the NATO 7.62 mm cartridge which it takes from a five round magazine and fires with a muzzle velocity of 860 metres per second to an effective range of 800 metres. The Steyr-Mannlicher SSG-69 has a 650 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and V rearsight, but is used with a Kahles Helia 6S2 6x telescopic sight internally adjusted to 800 metres which has an inverted pointer and broken cross wires reticule. An image intensifier, such as the Smith and Wesson Star Tron or infra-red sighting system may be fitted in place of the telescopic sight.
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The Stoner 63, later developed into the Stoner 63A, was an American selective fire gas-operated automatic rifle developed by Eugene Stoner after he left the firm of Armalite during the 1960's. The Stoner 63 was chambered for the 5.56 mm cartridge which it took from a 30-round box magazine and fired with a cyclic rate of 750 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 990 metres per second to an effective range of 400 metres. The Stoner 63 had a 508 mm long barrel and was fitted with a post foresight and a flip rearsight.
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The Stoner SR-25 is an American rifle based upon the Armalite AR-15 but modified for the NATO 7.62 mm cartridge which it takes from a 10 or 20 round box magazine. It is sold as a support weapon for sniper teams, able to provide local defence but also accurate enough for use as a backup sniper rifle. Production of the Stoner SR-25 started in 1992.
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The Swing SIN 71 M5 is a British bolt-action target-shooting rifle renowned for its accuracy at long ranges. The Swing SIN 71 M5 is chambered for the 7.62 mm cartridge which is manually fed, and is fitted with a 28-inch or 30-inch Shultz and Larsen barrel and adjustable micrometer sights.
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