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Tiahrt Amendment. Violent Crime Control. and Law Enforcement Act. United States portal. v. t. e. The .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004 is a law in the state of California that effectively banned all .50 BMG -caliber rifles from being sold in the state. The law took effect on January 1, 2005.
The Barrett M82 (standardized by the U.S. military as the M107) is a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by the American company Barrett Firearms Manufacturing . Also called the Light Fifty (due to its chambering of the .50 BMG 12.7×99mm NATO cartridge), [2] [3] the weapon is classified in three variants: the original ...
The rifle was produced by Barrett Firearms Company in 1990 until 1995. The Barrett M90 is the alternative bolt-action version to the Barrett M82A1, which is the semi-automatic counterpart. The Barrett M90 has a bullpup design, making the rifle a more compact version of a BMG .50 caliber. The bullpup design made the gun more civilian-friendly in ...
Barrett was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1954, and graduated from Murfreesboro Central High School. [3] He started his career in 1972 as a professional photographer for a studio in the same town. [3] In 1982, while he owned a photography studio, he was inspired to create the Barrett M82. On January 1, 1982, when Barrett was photographing ...
Raufoss Mk 211. The Raufoss Mk 211 is a .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) multi-purpose anti-materiel high-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition projectile produced by Nammo under the model name NM140 MP. [1] It is commonly referred to as multipurpose or Raufoss, meaning red waterfall in Norwegian. This refers to Nammo's precursor company ...
The Supreme Court’s conservatives pressed the Biden administration Wednesday to justify a federal ban on bump stocks, a device that can convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire ...
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Barrett M82. Barrett M90. Barrett M95. Barrett M99. Barrett M468. Barrett Model 98B. Barrett MRAD.
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun , which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7 mm) cartridge.