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| Name | Nation | Calibre (mm) | Capacity | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Enfield No. 2 | United Kingdom | .38/200 (9×20mmR) | 6 | 220 | 127 | 260 | 0.77 | 270,000 |
| Webley Mk IV | United Kingdom | .38/200 (9×20mmR) | 6 | 220 | 127 | 260 | 0.77 | 500,000 |
| Webley Mk VI | United Kingdom | .455 Webley (11.55×19.3mmR) | 6 | 200 | 155 | 285 | 1.1 | 125,000 |
| Modèle 1892 revolver | France | 8mm Lebel Revolver (8×27mmR) | 6 | 213 | 114 | 238 | 0.83 | 350,000 |
| Nagant M1895 | Soviet Union | 7.62×38mmR | 7 | 271 | 114 | 230 | 0.75 | 2,000,000 |
| Smith & Wesson M1917 | United States | .45 ACP (11.43×23mm) | 6 | 250 | 135 | 270 | 1.0 | 300,000 |
| Smith & Wesson Victory | United States | .38/200 (9×20mmR) | 6 | 220 | 127 | 260 | 0.75 | 6,000,000 |
| Type 26 | Japan | 9×22mmR | 6 | 229 | 120 | 230 | 0.93 | up to 59,900 |
| Name | Nation | Calibre | Capacity | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Beretta M1934 | Italy | 9×17mm (.380 ACP) | 7 | 250 | 94 | 152 | 0.69 | 1,080,000 |
| Browning Hi-Power | Belgium | 9×19mm Parabellum | 13 | 350 | 120 | 200 | 0.82 | 1,000,000 |
| Colt M1911A1 | United States | .45 ACP (11.43×23mm) | 7 | 253 | 125 | 216 | 1.05 | 2,700,000 |
| Modèle 1935A | France | 7.65×20mm Longue | 8 | 345 | 105 | 188 | 0.79 | 84,950 |
| Lahti L-35 | Finland | 9×19mm Parabellum | 8 | 335 | 120 | 240 | 1.25 | 98,700 |
| P-08 Luger | Germany | 9×19mm Parabellum | 8 | 320 | 102 | 230 | 0.85 | 412,898 |
| Walther P38 | Germany | 9×19mm Parabellum | 8 | 350 | 125 | 216 | 0.80 | 1,200,000 |
| FÉG 37M Pistol | Hungary | 9×17mm (.380 ACP) | 7 | 300 | 110 | 182 | 0.77 | 300,000 |
| TT-33 | Soviet Union | 7.62×25mm | 8 | 420 | 115 | 195 | 0.83 | 1,700,000 |
| Type 14 Nambu | Japan | 8×22mm Nambu | 8 | 290 | 117 | 230 | 0.90 | 280,000 |
| FN Model 1910/22 | Netherlands | 9×17mm (.380 ACP) | 8 | 300 | 113 | 178 | 0.70 | 467,760-704,247 |
| FB Vis | Poland | 9×19mm Parabellum | 8 | 355 | 115 | 200 | 1.02 | 360,000 |
| Name | Nation | Calibre (mm) | Capacity | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Berthier rifle | France | 8×50mmR Lebel | 5 | 700 | 803 | 1306 | 3.81 | 2,000,000 |
| Carcano M91 | Italy | 6.5×52mm Carcano | 6 | 700 | 780 | 1285 | 3.8 | 2-3,000,000 |
| Karabin wz.98a | Poland | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 5 | 880 | 740 | 1150 | 4,36 | 44,500 |
| Karabinek wz. 1929 | Poland | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 5 | 745 | 600 | 1100 | 4,0 | 264,000 |
| Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III | United Kingdom | .303 British | 10 | 745 | 640 | 1129 | 4.11 | c.15,000,000 (all models) |
| Lee–Enfield No 4 Mk I | United Kingdom | .303 British | 10 | 745 | 640 | 1129 | 4.11 | |
| Lee–Enfield No 5 Mk I "Jungle Carbine" | United Kingdom | .303 British | 10 | 745 | 521 | 1003 | 3.2 | |
| MAS-36 | France | 7.5 mm French | 5 | 700 | 575 | 1020 | 3.7 | 1,100,000 |
| M1903 Springfield | United States | .30-06 Springfield | 5 | 853 | 610 | 1140 | 3.94 | 3,000,000 |
| M1894 Krag–Jørgensen | Norway | 6.5×55mm Swedish | 5 | 745 | 763 | 1263 | 4.00 | 150,817 |
| Mauser Karabiner 98k | Germany | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 5 | 760 | 600 | 1110 | 3.9 | 14,643,260 |
| Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 | Soviet Union | 7.62×54mmR | 5 | 810 | 730 | 1235 | 4.2 | c. 37,000,000 (all models) |
| Type 38 Arisaka | Japan | 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka | 5 | 765 | 797 | 1280 | 3.95 | 3,400,000 |
| Type 99 Arisaka | Japan | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 5 | 730 | 657 | 1120 | 3.8 | 2,500,000 |
# Also used by some Commonwealth parties
| Name | Nation | Calibre (mm) | Capacity | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Gewehr 43 | Germany | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 10 | 775 | 546 | 1130 | 4.27 | 500,000 |
| Kbsp wz.38M | Poland | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 10 | 878 | 625 | 1134 | 4.50 | ~150 |
| M1 Carbine | United States | .30 Carbine | 15 | 585 | 458 | 904 | 2.48 | 6,000,000 |
| M1 Garand | United States | .30-06 Springfield | 8 | 853 | 610 | 1106 | 4.3 | 5,500,000 |
| SVT-40 | Soviet Union | 7.62×54mmR | 10 | 830 | 625 | 1226 | 3.89 | 1,300,000 |
| Name | Nation | Calibre (mm) | Capacity | Rate of fire | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Beretta 1938A | Italy | 9x17mm | 40 | 600 | 429 | 315 | 946 | 4.25 | 1,000,000 |
| M1 Thompson | United States | .45 ACP | 20 | 700 | 280 | 267 | 856 | 4.7 | 1,400,000 |
| M3 "Grease Gun" | United States | .45 ACP | 30 | 450 | 280 | 203 | 745 | 3.7 | 700,000 |
| "Suomi" KP/31 | Finland | 9×19mm Parabellum | 70 | 800 | 396 | 314 | 870 | 4.6 | 62,000 |
| MAS-38 | France | 7.65×20mm Longue | 32 | 600 | 350 | 224 | 623 | 3.01 | 2,000 |
| Mors | Poland | 9×19mm Parabellum | 24 | 400 | 400 | 250/300 | 970 | 4.25 | 39 |
| MP40 | Germany | 9×19mm Parabellum | 32 | 500 | 380 | 251 | 833 | 3.97 | 1,000,000 |
| Owen | Australia | 9×19mm Parabellum | 33 | 700 | 420 | 247 | 806 | 4.21 | 50,000 |
| PPS-43 | Soviet Union | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | 35 | 700 | 457 | 272 | 820 | 3.04 | 500,000 |
| PPSh-41 | Soviet Union | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | 71 | 900 | 457 | 265 | 828 | 3.64 | 5,000,000 |
| Sten MK. II | United Kingdom | 9×19mm Parabellum | 32 | 550 | 365 | 197 | 762 | 3 | 2,000,000 |
| Type 100 | Japan | 8×22mm Nambu | 30 | 800 | 335 | 228 | 900 | 3.38 | 30,000 |
| Name | Nation | Calibre (mm) | Capacity | Rate of fire | Muzzle velocity (m/s) | Barrel length (mm) | Overall length (mm) | Unloaded weight (kg) | Number produced |
| Breda 30 | Italy | 6.5×52mm Carcano | 20 | 500 | 630 | 450 | 1230 | 10.6 | 30,000 |
| Bren | United Kingdom | .303 British | 30 | 500 | 730 | 635 | 1150 | 10.15 | 500,000 |
| Browning wz.1928 | Poland | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 20 | 650 | 853 | 611 | 1110 | 9.50 | 24,000 |
| FM 24/29 | France | 7.5×54mm French | 25 | 500 | 820 | 500 | 1082 | 9.80 | 232,942 |
| Lewis Gun | United Kingdom | .303 British | 47/97 | 550 | 700 | 800 | 1500 | 12 | 152,000 |
| DP-27 | Soviet Union | 7.62×54mmR | 47 | 550 | 830 | 610 | 1194 | 9.3 | 795,000 |
| M1918A2 BAR | US | .30-06 Springfield | 20 | 550 | 855 | 605 | 1290 | 8.33 | 250,000 |
| Type 96 LMG | Japan | 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka | 30 | 550 | 735 | 552 | 1054 | 9.07 | 41,000 |
| Type 99 LMG | Japan | 7.7×58mm Arisaka | 30 | 800 | 715 | 550 | 1181 | 10.4 | 53,000 |
A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
In guns, particularly firearms, caliber is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matches that specification. It is measured in inches or in millimeters. In the United States it is expressed in hundredths of an inch; in the United Kingdom in thousandths; and elsewhere in millimeters. For example, a US "45 caliber" firearm has a barrel diameter of roughly 0.45 inches (11 mm). Barrel diameters can also be expressed using metric dimensions. For example, a "9 mm pistol" has a barrel diameter of about 9 millimeters. Since metric and US customary units do not convert evenly at this scale, metric conversions of caliber measured in decimal inches are typically approximations of the precise specifications in non-metric units, and vice versa.
A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm, is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot. Typically, this involves the weapon's action utilizing the excess energy released during the preceding shot to unlock and move the bolt, extracting and ejecting the spent cartridge case from the chamber, re-cocking the firing mechanism, and loading a new cartridge into the firing chamber, all without input from the user. To fire again, however, the user must actively release the trigger, allow it to "reset", before pulling the trigger again to fire off the next round. As a result, each trigger pull only discharges a single round from a semi-automatic weapon, as opposed to a fully automatic weapon, which will shoot continuously as long as the ammunition is replete and the trigger is kept depressed.
The .380 ACP (9×17mm) is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, for use in its new Colt Model 1908 pocket hammerless semi-automatic, and has been a popular self-defense cartridge ever since, seeing wide use in numerous handguns. Other names for .380 ACP include .380 Auto, 9×17mm, 9mm Browning, 9mm Corto, 9mm Kurz, 9mm Short, and 9mm Browning Court. It should not be confused with .38 ACP. The .380 ACP does not strictly conform to cartridge naming conventions, named after the diameter of the bullet, as the actual bullet diameter of the .380 ACP is .355 inches.
The .22 Long Rifle or simply .22 LR or 22 is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States. It is used in a wide range of rifles, pistols, revolvers, and submachine guns.
The .454 Casull is a firearm cartridge, developed as a wildcat cartridge in 1958 by Dick Casull, Duane Marsh and Jack Fullmer. It was announced in November 1959 by Guns & Ammo magazine. The design is a lengthened and structurally improved .45 Colt case. The wildcat cartridge went mainstream when Freedom Arms brought a single action five-shot revolver chambered in .454 Casull to the retail firearms market in 1983. Ruger followed in 1997, chambering its Super Redhawk in this caliber. Taurus followed with the Raging Bull model in 1998 and the Taurus Raging Judge Magnum in 2010. The .45 Schofield and .45 Colt cartridges can fit into the .454's chambers, but not the other way around because of the lengthened case.
A magazine, or simply called mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun or externally attached. The magazine functions by holding several cartridges within itself and sequentially pushing each one into a position where it may be readily loaded into the barrel chamber by the firearm's moving action. The detachable magazine is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "clip", although this is technically inaccurate since a clip is actually an accessory device used to help load ammunition into a magazine or cylinder.
The .30 Carbine (7.62×33mm) is a rimless carbine/rifle cartridge used in the M1 carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is a light rifle round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch (458 mm) barrel.
The .44-40 Winchester, also known as .44 Winchester, .44 WCF, and .44 Largo, was introduced in 1873 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. It was the first metallic centerfire cartridge manufactured by Winchester, and was promoted as the standard chambering for the new Winchester Model 1873 rifle. As both a rifle and a handgun caliber, the cartridge soon became widely popular, so much so that the Winchester Model 1873 rifle became known as "The gun that won the West."
The .45 Winchester Magnum is a .45 caliber rimless cartridge intended for use in semi-automatic pistols. The cartridge is externally a lengthened .45 ACP with a thicker web to withstand higher operating pressures. The 45 Win Mag is nearly identical in dimensions and loading to the .45 NAACO developed by the North American Arms Corporation for their Brigadier pistol, developed to supply to the Canadian Army after World War II. The army ultimately did not adopt the pistol and its non-NATO standard ammunition.
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The Winchester Model 1894 rifle is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and popular hunting rifles of all time. It was designed by John Browning in 1894 and originally chambered to fire two metallic black powder cartridges, the .32-40 Winchester and .38-55 Winchester. It was the first rifle to chamber the smokeless powder round, the .30 WCF in 1895. In 1901, Winchester created the new .32 Winchester Special caliber with production of rifles starting in 1902.
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The .44 Henry, also known as the .44 Henry Flat, the .44 Rimfire, the .44 Long Rimfire, and the 11x23mmR in Europe, is a rimfire rifle and handgun cartridge featuring a .875 in (22.2 mm)-long brass or copper case. The round has a total overall length of 1.345 in (34.2 mm), with a 200 or 216 gr .446 in (11.3 mm)-diameter cast solid-lead heeled bullet. The original propellant load is 26 to 28 gr of black powder. The round has a muzzle velocity of approximately 1,125 ft/s (343 m/s), giving a muzzle energy of 568 foot-pounds.
The .476 Enfield, also known as the .476 Eley, .476 Revolver, and occasionally .455/476, is a British centrefire black powder revolver cartridge. The Enfield name derives from the location of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, the armoury where British military small arms were produced, while Eley was a British commercial brand. Used in the Enfield Mk II revolver, the Mk III variant was introduced by the British Army in 1881, supplanting the earlier .476 Enfield Mark I and II cartridges, which in turn had replaced the .450 Adams cartridges, all of which also used black powder propellant.
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