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  2. The Range (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    11,200. Website. www .therange .co .uk. The Range, Andover (2006) The Range, Tulip Retail Park, Leeds (2007) The Range Home & Gardens PLC is a multi-channel retailer selling products in the home, garden, and leisure categories, with over 210 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is owned by Norton Group Holdings, who also own Wilko .

  3. Firearm - Wikipedia

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    Firearm. The M16 rifle and the AK-47, two common firearms with significant influences on firearm design. A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions ).

  4. List of pistols - Wikipedia

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    Hi-Point Firearms: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1994-present [citation needed] Hi-Point CF-380: Hi-Point Firearms.380 ACP United States: 1995-present [citation needed] Hi-Point Model JCP: Hi-Point Firearms.40 S&W United States: 1990s Hi-Point Model JHP: Hi-Point Firearms.45 ACP United States: 1990s High Standard .22 Pistol: High Standard ...

  5. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    M1 Garand. The M1 Garand or M1 rifle[ nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War . The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.

  6. Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Shotguns (Section 2 firearms under the 1968 Act as amended) are defined in UK law as smoothbore firearms with barrels not shorter than 24 inches (61 cm) and a bore not larger than 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter, no revolving cylinder, and either no magazine or a non-detachable magazine that is not capable of holding more than two cartridges, [5 ...

  7. FN P90 - Wikipedia

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    FN P90. The FN P90 is a personal defense weapon (PDW) chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge, also classified as a submachine gun, designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. [ 9][ 10][ 11] Created in response to NATO requests for a replacement for 9×19mm Parabellum firearms, the P90 was designed as a compact but powerful firearm for ...

  8. Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the " Tommy gun ", " Chicago typewriter ", or " trench broom ") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although ...

  9. List of British weapon L numbers - Wikipedia

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    L26. L26A1 Bangalore Torpedo Demolition Charge [ 157][ 158] L26A1 Instructional Rifle (Variant of the L25A1 instructional rifle) L26A1 Rarden 30 mm cannon. L26A1 "Jericho" APFSDS round for the L11A5 rifled gun on the Challenger 1 tank. [ 159] L26A1 5.56mm Magazine (Twenty-round magazine for the L22A2 carbine) L27.