These rifles have been used during the twentieth century, as civil or military weapons. Some of these hundreds of thousand of copies have been built, and they still can be met in 2020, among civilians and in poor countries.Two types of of rifles can be distinguished, carbines (light rifles firing ammunition identical to handguns) and rifles (heavy military or hunting weapons).
Kel-Tec SU-16C | ||
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Foldable in two parts, it can hide under a long coat and takes a turn to fold or unfold. | ||
M1 Carbine | ||
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Medium rifle, fires light ammunition, accurate and reliable. It has been used since WWII. It's the most widespread weapon of all those manufactured in the United States. Several versions can be found : the M1A1 with foldable stock, for parachutists use, (concealability : long coat, length : 62 cm, cost : 250 eb), a version (M2) firing in automatic mode (rate of fire : 25) and one version (M3) equipped with a night vision scope. Many were owned by police in the United States in the twentieth century. | ||
M1 Garand | ||
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Standard American rifle during WWII. |
MAS 49 | ||
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MAS 49-56 | ||
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The modifications made by MAS 49/56 mainly concern the exterior design. The need for a more maneuverable weapon led the MAS engineers to considerably shorten the handguard, leaving an important part of the barrel exposed. |
Mosin-Nagant 1891-30 | ||
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The Mosin-Nagant is a bolt-action, magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union and various Eastern bloc nations. |
Simonov SKS | ||
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T86 Carbine | ||
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Tokarev SVT-40 | ||
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Weatherby Mark V | ||
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A very rare rifle. Originally designed to hunt elephant and rhinoceros. Now, its inventors have found a new use for it : to make undesirable members of a gang flee from the neighborhood, or make sure a cop is not tempted to nose around. |
Weatherby Mark V Compact | ||
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Hunting rifle short-barreled in factory, the Compact is nonetheless precise. |
Winchester M70 | ||
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