Modern U. S. civilian carbines include compact customizations of the AR-15, Ruger Mini-14, Beretta Cx4 Storm, Kel-Tec SUB-2000, bolt-action rifles generally falling under the specifications of a scout rifle, and aftermarket conversion kits for popular pistols including the M1911 and Glock models.

Well-known falling block designs include the Sharps rifles and carbines, the Browning / Winchester Single Shot, the Farquharson rifle, and the modern Ruger No. 1.

Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifle with custom. 243 barrel

In 1966, Sturm, Ruger introduced their first true rifle.

Ruger No. 1 single-shot falling-block rifle with action open

Examples of firearms using the falling block action are the Sharps rifle and Ruger No. 1.

In an attempt to disrupt the Alaska pipeline, 39-year-old Louis D. Hastings, armed with a. 223-caliber Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle, murdered six of the 22 citizens of McCarthy on March 1, 1983.

On November 14, 1991 in Royal Oak, Michigan, Thomas McIlvane killed five people, including himself, with a Ruger 10 / 22 rifle in Royal Oak's post office, after being fired from the Postal Service for " insubordination.

He would then hunt them, armed with a knife and a Ruger Mini-14 rifle.

At 3: 30 p. m., Kinkel retrieved his locked-up Sturm, Ruger rifle from his parents ' bedroom, loaded it, and went to the kitchen, where he shot his father in the back of the head.

He wore a trench coat to hide the five weapons he carried: two hunting knives, a 9mm Glock 19 pistol, a Ruger. 22-caliber semi-automatic rifle, and a. 22-caliber Ruger MK II pistol.

While Reva and McCoy go to the diner to wait for Billy, Tom acquires a cache of weapons that includes a pump action shotgun, a Stainless Ruger Redhawk revolver, and a Marlin lever action rifle.

* Ruger M77, a bolt action rifle

* Ruger No. 1 rifle, 2010 limited edition

The Ruger 10 / 22 is a semi-automatic rimfire rifle chambered in. 22 Long Rifle.

In 2009, Ruger released the SR-22 model, a 10 / 22 receiver embedded in a outer receiver that mimics the dimensions of an AR-15 style rifle such as their own SR-556.

In 2009 Ruger also announced the Target Tactical Rifle model, a hybrid of the 10 / 22T and Ruger M77 Hawkeye Tactical rifle.

" It goes on to say, " Never attempt to use 22 Long Rifle ammunition in Ruger 10 / 22 Magnum rifle magazines.

:* a. 22 calibre Ruger rifle,

* 9. 30pm-Knight fires at passersby using the Ruger rifle with Scope

This is a premium hunting rifle available in many configurations and calibers from 204 Ruger through 416 Rem Mag.

A 60 mm. mortar and a 57 mm. recoilless rifle owned by Lauchli were brought along.

Nazi Germany brought the world's attention to what eventually became the class of firearm most widely adopted by the military: the assault rifle ( see StG 44 ).

In 1878, John Moses Browning patented arguably the greatest single-shot rifle ever produced: after Browning sold his design to Winchester it was brought out as the Model 1885 Winchester Single Shot Rifle.

The usual method is called " present arms "; the rifle is brought to the vertical, muzzle up, in front of center of the chest with the trigger away from the body.

When the rifle is being carried on the shoulder, a similar gesture is used in which the flattened free hand is brought across the body to touch the rifle near the rear of the receiver.

Among other items, Roosevelt brought with him four tons of salt for preserving animal hides, a lucky rabbit's foot given to him by boxer John L. Sullivan, a Holland and Holland double rifle in. 500 / 450 donated by a group of 56 admiring Britons, a Winchester 1895 rifle in. 405 Winchester, an Army ( M1903 ) Springfield in. 30-06 caliber stocked and sighted for him, a Fox No. 12 shotgun, and the famous Pigskin Library, a collection of classics bound in pig leather and transported in a single reinforced trunk.

Each man brought his own weapon, usually a hunting rifle, and his own horse.

Engels also brought two cases of rifle cartridges with him when he went to join the uprising in Elberfeld on May 10.

Nick has a souvenir World War II Japanese sniper rifle belonging to Dr. Clayworth's brother brought in, and claims it was the murder weapon.

He returns to the café to report that Horn unexplainably vanished but that he brought back the rifle that Horn dropped.

The redoubts brought the length of Taranaki coastline occupied to 130 km, but the forts commanded practically only the country within rifle range of their parapets.

Each man brought his own weapon, usually a hunting rifle, and his own horses.

This model was called Model M. In 1907, Ross brought out the Model E, his first entirely Canadian-made rifle, based on the 1905 military action, chambered for. 303 British and. 35 WCF.

Braving heavy machine gun and rifle fire he went out into no-man's land and brought back enough ammunition to enable his post to carry on and assist in repulsing heavy enemy counter-attacks.

He hunted at that early age with a rifle that his father had brought back from Europe during World War II.

The command of " Shoulder Arms " in the Commonwealth and Britain, is done when a rifle is brought on the left or right sides by the shoulder.

However, the government brought forward regulatory changes to bring in an amnesty for rifle and shotgun owners facing prosecution for failing to register their firearms.

Their design was made to allow rapid muzzle loading of rifles, an innovation that brought about the widespread use of the rifle as a mass battlefield weapon.

Amid the noise of machine-gun and rifle fire and the Viet Cong bugle calls, Stanley quickly brought the 161st Battery, RNZA into action in an attempt to support the Australian infantry.

They knew that their artillery on Tabanyama could be brought to bear on the British position and that rifle fire could be brought to bear from parts of the Kop not yet occupied by the British.

and was brought out as the standard chambering for the new Winchester Model 1873 rifle.