
Yet it has gone on, in highly modified form, to be our longest-serving infantry rifle. NRA Museums/Ĭan a firearm have a stranger history than this one? The M16 (the military version of the AR) was issued as our main infantry rifle in 1966, but its debut was botched to a degree unequaled in the history of military ordnance. In any event, enjoy, and when you e-mail to inform us we’re a couple of ignorant swine, check your spelling and punctuation. Fox would teach his grandmother to suck eggs.

Anyone who would tell you that a Weatherby Mark V is “greater” than an A.H. It’s simply the top 50 choices in no kind of order at all. This list is not compiled in order of greatness. Other factors: longevity (the Mosin-Nagant), sheer excellence (the Purdey self-opener), and general-horribleness-but-still-works-like-a-son-of-a-bitch (the Mossberg 500).


The Remington Nylon 66 made synthetic stocks not only acceptable but desirable, and the Smith & Wesson Model 29 altered our concept of what a handgun could do. Persons must be licensed by ATF to engage in the business of firearms.Ġ1 – Dealer in firearms other than destructive devices.Ġ2 – Pawnbroker in firearms other than destructive devices.Ġ6 – Manufacturer of Ammunition for Firearms Other Than Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition.Ġ7 – Manufacturer of firearms other than destructive devices.ġ0 – Manufacturer of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunition.Ġ8 – Importer of firearms or ammunition for firearms other than destructive devices or ammunition other than armor piercing ammunition.ġ1 – Importer of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices or armor piercing ammunitionįollow ATF on Instagram: | Twitter: | Like ATF at /HQATF.There are a number of ways a gun could make this list: The first was to change the course of firearms design. Types of Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs):Īn individual who is licensed to engage in the business of manufacturing, importing and/or dealing in firearms.
