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The main improvement was to the gas system, greatly improving the reliability and combat durablity of the rifle. Also of note was the transition to removable 10-round box magazines, rather than non-removable ones. The 43 was also a little shorter, and about 200g lighter.

Interestingly, there were quite a few weapons of the pre-garand period that utilised en-bloc clips. The most interesting (in my opinion) was the Garand's main competitor for the US Army trials of the time, the Pedersen Rifle. It utilised the at-the-time-innovative .276 Pedersen cartridge in a...

Well, there are a whole bunch of differences. First - and foremost - it's important to recognise that it is usually very difficult to say which firearm is 'superior' to any other without knowing it's intended purpose. I'm sure that on here, and many other places around the net, you'll find a lot...

As far as I am aware, the most powerful handgun that has been produced is a custom-made Pfeifer-Zeliska single action revolver, chambered for .600 Nitro Express. The largest calibre in-production handgun would be S&W's Model 500, however. There was some talk of S&W doing a .75 calibre weapon...