Wikipedia:WikiProject Firearms

Welcome to the Firearms WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Firearms.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Goals

• Improve articles on firearms, both civilian and military, with an emphasis on civilian firearms, as the WP:WEAPON already covers military arms.

• To add the below infobox to firearm articles, along with the ammo infobox for ammo, and add the banner to firearms articles.

• To add proper categories to firearm articles.

Scope

• Firearms in general, manufacturers, organizations, legislation, historical figure such as firearms designers and notable gunsmiths, and the like.

Guidelines

Naming

The names of firearm articles should start with the proper name of the manufacturer, followed by the firearm's name. Examples of this policy are Heckler & Koch MP7 instead of MP7 or Smith & Wesson Model 1006 instead of S&W Model 1006. Exceptions to this are firearms named with military designations such as M16 rifle or AK-47. See WP:WEAPON#Naming conventions for the guideline on naming military firearms.

Structure

Firearm articles should be structured largely along the following guidelines (consistent with guidelines contained in WP:MILGUN for military weapons):

1. History. A history of the firearm, including background events leading to the design and the evolution of the design.
2. Design and features. A description of the major points of the firearm, including details of the operating mechanism, how the firearm is maintained and operated by the user, and the cartridge(s) the firearm is chambered in.
3. Use. The intended/common uses of the firearm (ex: hunting, competetive shooting, defense, etc)
4. Variants. A list and description of all variants and close descendants of the firearm, plus production details when available.
5. Accessories. A list and description of accessories that are commonly associated with the firearm.
6. Cultural impact, if any. A general summary of the firearm's impact on culture, complying with the guidelines on popular culture.

Non-firearm articles associated with WikiProject Firearms should generally follow the structure guidelines that are already associated with the appropriate type of article, such as constitutional law articles, jurisprudence articles, chemistry articles, and other categories of articles that often overlap with WikiProject Firearms.

The goal of WikiProject Firearms for articles tagged with the project's banner is to improve the firearms related content, such as improving the accuracy of articles vs. misconceptions that often arise due to pop-culture fiction, movie physics, and similar non-factual beliefs. In general, WikiProject Firearms goals are to work on improving the quality of project-tagged articles without imposing WikiProject Firearms guidelines as mandates.

Pop culture

Avoid pop culture and trivia sections. In general they clutter articles, and contribute very little. Acceptable pop culture information should be highly notable, for example: the Walther PPK's use by James Bond. The pop cultural item that the firearm appeared in must represent the firearm realistically, and if named, should use the real name or a highly common nickname (e.g. Schmeisser for the MP40, or Burp gun for the PPSh-41). Speculation as to fictional appearances such as claims of a fictional gun being based on a real one should be removed in all cases as they are original research. Likewise, lists of fictional appearances should be removed as they violate WP:AVTRIV. Airsoft versions of real firearms are not notable to the firearm article. Also, video game appearances are not notable and should not be listed. Citations are needed if the notability of an appearance is disputed; these citations should not be a list of appearances but should be a source actually showing increased fame or notoriety because of the appearances. Pop culture should be treated in articles with coverage appropriate to its significance to the subject of the article; as per WP:UNDUE. See WP:MILPOP for the guidelines on pop culture pertaining to military history, excluding firearms.

Criminal use

In order for a criminal use to be notable enough for inclusion in the article on the gun used, it must meet some criteria. For instance, legislation being passed as a result of the gun's usage (ex. ban on mail-order of firearms after use of the Carcano in JFK's assassination would qualify). Similarly, if its notoriety greatly increased (ex. the Intratec TEC-DC9 became infamous as a direct result of Columbine). As per WP:UNDUE, editors "should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject".

Variants

Variants of a model of a firearm such as folding/telescoping stock variants, target versions, variants chambered in a new caliber, compact/carbine variants generally should not receive their own article. Instead, use a section for the variant in the parent firearm's article or consolidate it into a table or the text. The exception to this is where significant amounts of design and/or history would be lost by merging. An example of this is the M4 Carbine. Despite the fact that the M4 Carbine is only a carbine version of the M16A2 and its internal components are completely interchangeable with those of the M16 rifle, the M4's development history is significantly different, qualifying it for its own article.

Citations

Cite as much information as possible. This way the articles will have more credibility. Extraordinary claims require citations from very reliable sources. If you don't want something you have added to be deleted, cite a reliable source, assuming the source supports your statement.

Open tasks

If you find anything that really needs to be on the list, just add it to the list. Be sure to say what you are adding in your edit summary, with wikilink to the article. When someone has completed the task, that person should cross out the article from the list, and if everyone agrees, it should be removed from the list two or three days after being crossed out (note: this doesn't include requests, once an article is created it should be removed completely or moved to one of the categories as needed).

For articles marked as "needing attention" see Category:Firearms_articles_needing_attention

When adding entries to the list, please do so in alphabetical order.

Participants

Coordinators

1. Mike Searson (talk · contribs)

Active members

Please feel free to add yourself here in alphabetical order, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. 226Trident (talk · contribs), Handguns, Automatic Weapons, Ammunition
2. 4twenty42o (talk · contribs), Military weapons, handguns, assault weapons
3. 8r455 (talk · contribs), Competition Shooter, IDPA and Bullseye, and long range rifle.
4. Adolphus79 (talk · contribs), I mostly know about US service weapons, but have some general knowledge of other realms also...
5. AliveFreeHappy (talk · contribs), Reloader, mostly rifles, some wildcats.
6. Bahamut0013 (talk · contribs) mostly military (especially US) firearms
7. Berean Hunter (talk · contribs)
8. Boris Barowski (talk · contribs), interested in all kinds of firearms
9. Carguychris (talk · contribs), Smith & Wesson revolvers, Winchester bolt-action rifles
10. CEOMao (talk · contribs), Title II manufacturer and general firearms enthusiast.
11. Cerebellum (talk · contribs), everything, specifically modern small arms
12. ChrisPer (talk · contribs), Australian gun politics, colonial enterprise, historic and black powder arms.
13. Coffeekid (talk · contribs) Weapons and ammo from WW2-present mainly small arms and their history.
14. Computer Guy 2 (talk · contribs) Firearms Tracing, eTrace, trafficking, Manufacturing & History
15. Damërung (talk · contribs) Automatics, modern firearms, sniper rifles, SMG, shotguns, rocket and grenade launchers.
16. Deathsythe (talk · contribs), American gun politics, gun culture, civilian firearms.
17. DesertPhox (talk · contribs) American gun politics, policy, interested in all types of firearms.
18. Doug (talk · contribs)
19. DPdH (talk · contribs) Military firearms, special interest in: WW2, Latin American firearms.
20. eskinner (talk · contribs) Handguns, Competitions, Bullseye, Reloader
21. F-451 (talk · contribs) Military, Modern Firearms, General Knowledge, proofreading and editing.
22. falcon5nz (talk · contribs) Ammunition, NZ Gun Laws
23. Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs)
24. Fluzwup (talk · contribs), several years of retail firearms sales, knowledge about ballistics, reloading, basic gunsmithing, and civilian firearms
25. Gavia immer (talk · contribs) Modern pistols, CCW and (American) legal issues
26. Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs) technology and engineering
27. GMan552 (talk · contribs) proofreading and editing, general firearms knowledge
28. Greg Glover (talk · contribs), History of Gunpowder and Kinetic energy, Design of Bullets and Cartridges, Ballistics and Reloading
29. Gruß Tom - de:Portal:Waffen (Portal:Weapons/Germany)
30. Gtstricky (talk · contribs), Glock, handguns, C&R.
31. Gunnnut (talk · contribs), Gunsmith and Authorised Verifier for the RCMP in Canada
32. Halofanatic333 (talk · contribs), Old guns, new guns, rifles, pistols, shotguns, and everything in-between. I also like to fix grammar.
33. HarveyHenkelmann (talk · contribs), revolvers and WWII armaments of all nations.
34. Hayden120 (talk · contribs), modern military style firearms.
35. Hoplophile (talk · contribs), Autoloading, detatchable magazine-fed rifles and carbines. Also handguns. Basically all the guns that DiFi and Hillary love to hate. GOA life member.
36. Imadeausername! (talk · contribs) Military/Police small arms (appx. 1870 onward) , hunting firearms, target shooting/competition firearms, ballistics, cartridges
37. Izaakb (talk · contribs), Calibers, Israeli weaponry, historical US firearms, S&W history.
38. Jason R. Rokeach (talk · contribs) Politics, political history, handguns, and EBRs.
39. Jc-S0CO (talk · contribs) History, general politics, and crime commission/prevention-related statistical fact-finding.
40. jersey_emt (talk · contribs) General firearms knowledge and modern weapons (especially handguns).
41. Jill Orly (talk · contribs) Modern and "Old West" Revolvers, Military firearms/WWII History, C&R, Concealed Carry firearms.
42. John (talk · contribs), modern weaponry, especially military automatic and sniper weapons.
43. JTBX (talk · contribs) Love guns in general, mostly through video games, though never held a REAL gun.
44. Krasilschic (talk · contribs) Everything.
45. KySharpshooter (talk · contribs) I shoot rifles and revolvers for competition, hunting, and recreation.
46. L1A1 FAL (talk · contribs) Post WW1 firearms, obscure weapons, little bit of everything
47. L.J. Tibbs (talk · contribs)
48. Lord of laziness (talk · contribs) Air rifles
49. Maintainerzero (talk · contribs) Modern firearms, Concealed carry, US firearms law
50. Mendaliv (talk · contribs) Interested in military small arms and anything field-expedient. I own a few guns, including an oddball Smith and Wesson Model 10 in .357 Magnum.
51. Mike Searson (talk · contribs) little bit of everything
52. MOOOOOPS (talk · contribs)
53. Newportm (talk · contribs) little bit of...what have you got?
54. Neil Clancy (talk · contribs) A little bit of everything.
55. Nohomers48 (talk · contribs) Modern firearms
56. Niteshift36 (talk · contribs) Military and law enforcement career. Experience with a wide range of firearms, tactics and legal issues.
57. OnBeyondZebrax (talk · contribs) Machine pistols. Also have an interest in contributing to the guidelines
58. Pigoutultra (talk · contribs) Ballistics, handguns, wildcats.
59. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in Modern Small Arms, WW2 Small Arms and firearms what the British Police use and also the British SAS.
60. Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Propellants - Cordite, Ballistite, Gunpowder, etc.
61. Rdfox 76 (talk · contribs) Most modern small arms
62. ROG5728 (talk · contribs) Modern firearms, particularly 5.7x28mm firearms
63. SeanNovack (talk · contribs) Certified Firearms Instructor and Permit-to-Carry instructor for Minnesota and Utah
64. sf46 (talk · contribs)
65. Soderstrom (talk · contribs) Concealed Carry, "Gun Free Zones" & College Policy (see SCCC), Gun Law, Supreme Court.
66. Support.and.Defend (talk · contribs) Ballistics
67. Swatjester (talk · contribs) Ex military, infantry and reconnaissance, 3-gun, carbine, and precision rifle shooter.
68. TeamZissou (talk · contribs) I have an extensive ammunition collection and will be uploading cartridge images to related articles. Also, I plan to upload images to the bullet article, and expand information and references on bullet design articles. I have access to an extensive collection of firearms and obscure firearm-related books and manuals that may be of service if anyone wants to ask. I'd like to trim or correct the common misinformation in existing articles as well.
69. Trekphiler (talk · contribs) modern weapons, mainly military.
70. Trippingpara (talk · contribs) Former Marine, current C&R FFL, NRA Instructor, activer Reloader. Specialize in Post World War I firearms and curio and relic firearms
71. Tsange (talk · contribs) creating better pages for new and old guns.
72. Vkil (talk · contribs) I just like shooting the hell out of things. Helps relieve stress and whatnot. Trying to buy a Gatling gun; no luck so far.
73. xaosflux (talk · contribs), all sorts of things, talk page me if any admin-related maintenance is needed (e.g. history merges).

Inactive members

This is a list of people who are members of the project but haven't edited Wikipedia for three months. If you find your name on this list, feel free to move it back to the list of active participants when you return to editing.

Inactive members list

1. 100%BulletProof (talk · contribs), Ballistics Engineer, Wildcat Design, Rifles
2. Ajpralston1 (talk · contribs), 20th Century and newer military weapons
3. Alfordap (talk · contribs), NRA rifle instructor and local club CMP instructor. Most interested in Marksmanship and Varmint hunting.
4. Ancjr (talk · contribs)
5. AR-15(6.8 SPC) (talk · contribs) Military weapons (WWII to today), cartridge specifications, handguns, rifles
6. Asams10 (talk · contribs), Firearms inventors, sporting and military arms, ammunition, etc.
7. Ashton.Sanders (talk · contribs), Firearms for home defense and small game hunting
8. Bobbfwed (talk · contribs), skilled in tactics and knowledgeable in external and terminal ballistics.
9. BonesBrigade (talk · contribs) mostly 20th century weapons
10. Bmb1935 (talk · contribs)i am an expert(by experience)in hunting rifles and amunition(proud NRA member)
11. Bossesjoe (talk · contribs), knowledgeable in modern military firearms and tactics.
12. Cannibalicious! (talk · contribs)
13. CeeWhy2 (talk · contribs), especially interested in target and hunting firearms.
14. ChewyLSB (talk · contribs), Modern firearms, mostly shotguns.
15. Chinese3126 (talk · contribs), Doing whatever I can about guns, I love guns of all shapes and sizes as long as they are reliable.
16. Commander Zulu (talk · contribs), Firearms Historian, primarily focusing on small arms of the British Empire & Commonwealth, WWI & WWII small arms, and Military & Police handguns.
17. Compshoot (talk · contribs) Handguns, Competitions, Action Pistol
18. ConquerorPBN (talk · contribs) Suppressors and other Title II/NFA weapons, concealed carry, and modern firearms, especially rifles and pistols
19. C0N6R355 (talk · contribs)
20. DanMP5 (talk · contribs), Modern pistols, rifles and cartridges.
21. Dave_polaschek (talk · contribs), Enthusiast, American cartridges of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
22. Desirez-vous (talk · contribs), Defensive firearms ownership and use by women in protecting themselves and their families.
23. Devh123 (talk · contribs),Modern Sniper highpowered rifles.
24. DigitalNinja (talk · contribs), Handguns (CZ USA especially), high caliber rifles, CCW, 2nd amendment rights, ballistics, and education.
25. Dreadnaught (talk · contribs), Military weaponry, 20th Century
26. Dreamafter (talk · contribs)
27. Dudtz (talk · contribs)
28. DZGuymed (talk · contribs) Assault weapons, handguns, WWII arms, ammunition, ballistics and in-depth knowledge.
29. Earthworm Makarov (talk · contribs) Small Arms, Automatic Cannon
30. Enduro446 (talk · contribs) Primary interest in mainly ammunition.
31. Ericdered (talk · contribs) Sub Machine Guns, Small Arms, WWII
32. Expertfp1 (talk · contribs), Pathologist, gunshot wounds, medicolegal and forensic aspects of firearms use, treatment of gunshot injuries, ballistics and reloading, military small arms, history
33. Falcofire (talk · contribs) Small arms, foreign assault rifles, and hunting rifles
34. Finalnight (talk · contribs) Revolvers, small semi-autos
35. Frank Dallas, Jr (talk · contribs), 15 years of retail firearms sales and firearms service, knowledge about hunting ballistics, reloading, gunsmithing, military and civilian firearms
36. g4raider (talk · contribs)
37. Gasolinerainbows (talk · contribs)
38. Goldfishsoldier (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in Gun Politics, but also general editing here and there.
39. GrumpyAC (talk · contribs), Pro-Second Amendment political activist, Historian of Gun Control against the citizenry of Missouri, competitive handgun shooter, NRA Training Counselor and certified instructor in firearm safety, and bullet/cartridge reloading.
40. Gunny01 (talk · contribs), handguns, practical shooting.
41. Guru42 (talk · contribs) revolvers and all Colt weapons.
42. GVilKa (talk · contribs), Sniper weapon systems and future weapons.
43. Hedington (talk · contribs) South African Gun Politics, with emphasis on legal black gun ownership. Gauteng Regional Advocacy Director: Gun Owners of South Africa, (GOSA). Administrator: Black Gun Owners Association of South Africa, (BGOASA). Core member: South African Legal Gun Owners, (SALGO).
44. IainWR (talk · contribs), Chairman Target Rifle Committee International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA), Chairman NRA of GB Target Rifle Committee
45. Iskor12 (talk · contribs) General firearms knowledge, Military Small arms
46. James_xeno (talk · contribs)
47. jimbobfunny (talk · contribs), handloading, internal ballistics, terminal ballistics, education
48. Jirt (talk · contribs)
49. J.Mraz (talk · contribs) Skeet shooting
50. JVkamp (talk · contribs) member of aforementioned Weaponry task force, military and civilian sporter interests.
51. Kahman (talk · contribs), Specializing in concealed carry information
52. Kalashnikov (talk · contribs) Mechanical designer - Gun collector (especially Ross and Commercial Mausers) - Long time reloader, I am a fervent medium bore rifle user and reallly like big bore handguns
53. Kartano (talk · contribs), Specializing in Australian gun politics, shooting in Australia and competitive shooting in Australia.
54. Kcphaid (talk · contribs), Firearms, collector and NRA Life member.
55. Kevin Kahle (talk · contribs) Weapons Specialist
56. Kimon (talk · contribs)
57. K-Man75 (talk · contribs) Large caliber autoloaders
58. lagaman (talk · contribs) Currently wanting to add a picture to the M17S page, but mostly modern guns, or antique single-shot rifles.
59. Livitup (talk · contribs) Modern handguns, CCW, US law. Copyeditor.
60. Martin Raybourne (talk · contribs) Whatever floats my boat.
61. Mdeby (talk · contribs) Experienced in ballistic systems for official CIP Proofhouses, NATO test centers and small arms ammunition manufacturers.
62. Morgan_Phoenix (talk · contribs) Makarov pistols, Modern Weapons from WWII on, target/military rifles & pistols. WikiGraphist specializing in vector conversions and original art for cartridges, primarily based upon CIP maximum dimensions.
63. Motorrad-67 (talk · contribs), Colt's Python, Diamondback, and Anaconda
64. Mr.NorCal55 (talk · contribs)
65. MRIanthony (talk · contribs)
66. Msahimi (talk · contribs) I know a bit about different firearms.
67. Muldoon X9 (talk · contribs) Modern weapons
68. MVMosin (talk · contribs) Former member of Delfin Oznaz unit. Expert on military small arms--particularly those of US and Soviet origin.
69. mzwhiz21 (talk · contribs) Winchester Model 1200
70. Nburden (talk · contribs) Modern firearms and US firearms law.
71. Nukes4Tots (talk · contribs) Mostly firearms and some ammunition articles.
72. Opensourcelinuxm (talk · contribs) Specialty is old "curio and relic" firearms, mainly from foreign countries
73. PAH Page (talk · contribs) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
74. Palaceofhate (talk · contribs)
75. PaulsyB (talk · contribs) Mostly handguns and IPSC but some rifles and shotguns, especially military hardware
76. Pepe la pepper (talk · contribs) German Pistols. Black powder Rifles,Bolt Action Rifles.
77. PeteShanosky (talk · contribs) General firearms, specifically handguns, dating from WWII onward.
78. Philip Laurence (talk · contribs) handguns, historic weapons, ammunition but I will generally clean up firearm articles.
79. Praiyachat (talk · contribs) Modern Small Arms, semi-automatic pistols
80. Prussian725 (talk · contribs) Mostly rifles and shotguns, especially military firearms
81. Ramirez72 (talk · contribs)
82. Rantingmadhare (talk · contribs) Winchester self-loading rifles
83. Raygun (talk · contribs) Anything that has to do with man-portable arms.
84. RWJP (talk · contribs) Up for anything, been helping out on a couple of fireamrs pages already
85. Robbskey (talk · contribs)
86. RockManQ (talk · contribs) Submachine guns
87. Rollersox (talk · contribs) All carbines and assault rifles, and some other reliable guns
88. Rollie (talk · contribs) Bolt action hunting rifles, WW2 era rifles, Airguns, soviet firearms
89. Rookie_Rover (talk · contribs)
90. S (talk · contribs) (formerly knows as Seed 2.0). Modern handguns, modern and historic rifles. Feel free to contact me if you need some maintenance or bot-related work done.
91. Sandbekken (talk · contribs) General firearms history, individual firearms function and design, handloading of ammunition, Norwegian firearms laws and the traditions and politics of firearms in Norwegian society.
92. Sdavids13 (talk · contribs) President of Pistol and Rifle Club at Virginia Tech and member of Virginia Tech Clay Target Team, main interest in modern pistols.
93. Smile4Chomsky (talk · contribs) The "gun-industry," CCW, mouse guns, production details... etc.
94. Sniperhf (talk · contribs) Reloading, Military Surplus firearms, Rimfire.
95. Spartan3006 (talk · contribs) General military and civilian firearm information. Please contact me if you are stuck or need help with anything gun related. My special is WWII era arms. I know Russian arms as well
96. sparticus117 (talk · contribs) New to weapons world, know a little about everything. know alot about M14 M1 garand springfield M1A1 models.
97. SQL (talk · contribs) CCW, Handguns
98. Surv1v4l1st (talk · contribs) CCW, NFA items, gun culture, etc.
99. Tengu99 (talk · contribs) Mostly trying to fill in the blanks, creating pages for ammo that haven't been made yet, etc.
100. Thatguy96 (talk · contribs) Obscure weapons and subvariants, mainly US, mainly between 1945-1980; official weapon designation
101. Theserialcomma (talk · contribs) a little of this and a little of that.
102. Tomalamak (talk · contribs) New Zealand gun laws
103. Tominator93 (talk · contribs) Shotguns, Pistols (Especially semi-automatic pistols) Submachine Guns, and Assault Rifles.
104. Tronno (talk · contribs) modern weapons.
105. TTS51207 (talk · contribs) handguns, rifles, political issues. Specifically older Soviet/Chinese rifles, ammunition, some retailers, manufacturers, and miscellaneous other related subjects.
106. Two triggers (talk · contribs)Interested in encouraging double gun enthusiasts to contribute and edit.
107. TXTad (talk · contribs) Handguns, rifles, ammunition, bench rest. I particularly like odd or unusual but useful calibers like 8x57, .358 Winchester, and 9.3x62 Mauser to name just a few.
108. User name one (talk · contribs) Scar rifles and the like
109. Uttexas (talk · contribs) Anything regarding US Military firearms
110. Vicius (talk · contribs) Revolvers, big bore handgun cartridges, modifications. Favs: Raging Bull .454 Casull.
111. WarLord (talk · contribs) Modern weapons. Civilian and Military. Civil War to now.
112. Weeman com (talk · contribs) Clay Target Sports in the UK
113. Wikidenizen (talk · contribs) Military weapons and small arms 1900-present; general fireams 1900-present, esp. WWII era and present day pistols and revolvers; reloading and ammunition.
114. XM8 Carbine (talk · contribs), Modern or Advanced weapons, weapon development.

Articles

Featured content

• AK-47
• Jarmann M1884
• Kammerlader
• Krag-Jørgensen
• Krag-Petersson
• Webley Revolver
• M249 SAW
• Volcano (South Park)

Good Articles

• 10 metre air pistol
• .303 British
• 5.7x28mm
• Enfield revolver
• FN Five-seven
• FN P90
• Gun violence in the United States
• Huolongjing
• M1 Garand
• Winchester 1200
• Winchester Model 1897

Candidates

• Handloading

New articles

Please feel free to list your new Firearms-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page.

---

Beretta M1923 Old Italian Service Pistol Trippingpara - (talk) 19:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Merwin Hulbert just started this today.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:36, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Hopkins & Allen just started this today.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:36, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

FN Herstal FNX Stub for the new FNX model pistols from FNH. Bradford44 (talk) 15:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Remington Spartan 453 Stub for a Russian semi-automatic Remington shotgun. BornInLeningrad (talk) 13:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant Russian firearms manufacturer (Makarov pistol, Yarygin pistol and many more pistols and shotguns)). Note that it is not Izhmash (Kalashnikovs)! BornInLeningrad (talk) 23:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Bekas-M Russian pump-action shotgun. BornInLeningrad (talk) 09:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Firearm maintenance I have a cleaning section, but we should probably add sections for other aspects of firearm maintenance. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Firearm malfunction What a malfunction is, types of malfunctions, ramifications, and prevention. Needs expansion. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Bore snake What a bore snake is; would like to find a picture for this. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Protector Palm Pistol .32 caliber gun fired by squeezing your fist. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 00:43, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges a list of the WCF cartridges. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 18:39, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

ICL cartridges A family of wildcat improved efficient cartridges with a surprising number of cartridges. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 06:31, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

.450 Rigby African hunting cartridge DeusImperator (talk) 30 September 2010

Remington Ultra Magnum Remingtons big and short magnum answer to the WSM. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 03:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

6.5 mm Remington Magnum nifty efficient cartridge more popular in Europe than USA DeusImperator (talk) 27 September 2010

Colt Model 1878 Double-action revolver Engineer comp geek (talk) 19 September 2010

.458x2 American Medium power big-bore suitable for American game. DeusImperator (talk) 17 September 2010

Montana Rifle Company known for extremely strong controlled-feed actions. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 19:40, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

.333 Jeffery Flanged African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.400 Jeffery Nitro Express African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.450/400 Nitro Express African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.465 H&H Magnum African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

Kel-Tec PMR-30 - created an article for Kel-Tec's upcoming .22 WMR pistol. ROG5728 (talk) 08:01, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Special Occupational Taxpayers - started an article on SOT payers, needs a lot of help. CEOMao (talk) 18:40, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

.400 Whelen .30-06 offspring Thewellman (talk) 4 August 2010

Taurus Model 731 - started an article on the 731 model.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 22:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Taurus Model 605 - started an article on the Taurus snubbie.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 22:12, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Gun politics in Italy - hope i have done a fair job --Itemirus^{Message me!} 20:39, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Ithaca Mag-10 Added article on the Mag-10. I will be working on expansion shortly.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 02:50, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Winchester Model 67- next new article in the series, pictures needed! Carguychris (talk) 15:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Winchester Model 69- first of several new pages I intend to write about lower-priced Winchester bolt-action rimfire rifles. Carguychris (talk) 22:16, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

That's a really, really nice article. Faceless Enemy (talk) 03:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

PU scope Can someone please give some input on what a scope infobox should have? I don't want to write the article without having an infobox, and I don't know enough about scopes to know what belongs in a scope infobox template. Really, if you're going to mess around with any one of the pages I just listed, this is the one that needs the most help. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

German Sport Guns GmbH I know they make airshit too, but I don't know enough about it to deal with it. Anyone wanna expand that part? Could really use the help. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Chiappa Rhino Adding stuff would be cool, though I don't know of a whole lot it needs right now. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Remington Model SP-10--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 04:02, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

AGM-1 Carbine, Italian pistol-caliber carbine. Stub at this point.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 02:17, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Marlin Model 25MG, bolt-action shotgun --Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 23:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Marble Game Getter, combination gun. --Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 23:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Berloque pistol not a firearm person myself, I was yet surprised this smallest pistol ever made (4 cm / 1.5 inch) was not to be found on Wikipedia. So I created an extremely short stub. Could you guys take it further please, because this is as much knowledge as I have on firearms. Thanks Arnoutf (talk) 19:52, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Springfield Model 1888 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1886 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1884 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1882 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1880 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 7 June 2010

National Rifle Team — added this stub & could use some help with details. FieldMarine (talk) 12:48, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Ruger Old Army, figured this was distinct enough from the Ruger Blackhawk to be more than just a variant. Needs pic and expansion. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:55, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Productos Mendoza Page about the Mexican air gun and conventional firearm manufacturer. -- Lord of laziness (talk) 02:21, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Winchester 1200 Page about the Winchester Model 1200 for a college project. --Mzwhiz21 (talk) 00:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

---

Articles up for merger

Add any articles that are up for merger in this section, newest at the top. When the merger discussion is concluded please remove it.

---

• Flintlock mechanism/Flintlock
• Savage 110 BA/Savage 110FP/Savage Model 110 October 2010
• Firearms licence/Gun law/Gun politics October 2010
• Title II weapons/National Firearms Act October 2010
• Firearm modification/Gunsmith October 2010
• Landmark conversion/Kammerlader 7 October 2010
• Handgun effectiveness/Stopping power 7 October 2010
• Minute of Angle/Minute of arc
• Chamelot Delvigne French 1873/MAS 1873 revolver
• CZ 527 Varmint into CZ 527 01 October 2010
• CZ 97B into CZ 75 01 October 2010
• Big-game hunter into Big game hunting 10 September 2010
• Firearm (tool) into Firearm 16:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

---

Articles up for deletion

Add any articles that are up for deletion in this list, newest at the top. When the AfD is concluded please remove it.

Requests for Comment

Add any articles that request comments in this section, newest at the top. When the RfC is concluded please remove it.

---

• Mauser HSc - I would appreciate comments from members of Wikiproject Firearms on an issue with an editor who did an article replacement with claims of inaccuracy. His commentary is on the article talk page. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 13:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• Wheellock. Comments requested re upgrade from Start to B-class. Thanks. Nick Michael (talk) 14:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
• Gun violence. Should the firearm homicide table in Gun Violence (tabulated by country) include columns of non-gun-related homicides? No discussion of general homicides is contained in the Gun violence article. Would including columnar data of non-gun-related homicides cause POV problems -- from spinning all homicides as somehow being related to guns, even in countries (e.g., the UK) where most homicides are not related to guns. Yaf (talk) 18:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
• MP5 - Dispute regarding subsections and organization. Some guy (talk) 01:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
• SG 550 - Dispute regarding subsections and organization. Some guy (talk) 01:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
• Talk:Gun violence in the United States - Discussion under way to change the article name to "Guns in the United States". Existing title has POV issues.DesertPhox (talk) 15:41, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom (Arbitration Committee) case comments

Add any cases that request comments related to this Firearms WikiProject in this section, newest at the top. When the ArbCom decision occurs, of whether or not the case is taken, please remove the link below.

---

---

Collaboration and review

Assessment

Purpose

What is the purpose of article assessments?

The assessment system allows the Firearms WikiProject to monitor the quality of articles that fall under its purview, and to prioritize work on these articles. The ratings are also used by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content.

Are these ratings official?

No. These ratings are meant primarily for the internal use of the project to better prioritze work on the articles, and usually do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

Assessing articles

Who can assess articles?

In general, anyone can add or change an article's rating. However, the "GA" and "FA" labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively. Drastic changes to an article's rating should typically be discussed on the article's talk page before making the change.

How do I assess an article?

Consult the quality scale below; once you have chosen the level that seems to be closest to the article, set the class parameter in the WPGUNS banner template to the level's name (omitting "Class" from the end). For example, to rate an article as "B-Class", use |class=B in the banner. Again, the "FA" and "GA" labels should not be added to articles unless they actually are currently designated as such.

Common concerns

Someone put a project banner template on an article, but it's not really within the WikiProject's scope. What should I do?

Due to the large volume of articles falling under the project, occasionally a tag is added to an article that the project does not cover. Feel free to remove the tag if the article truly is not within the scope of the project. If there is any doubt, post a note on the article's talk page and discuss it.

What if I don't agree with a rating?

Feel free to change it (within reason) if you think a different rating is justified; in the case of major disputes, the project as a whole can discuss the issue either on the project's talk page or on the talk page of the article in question and come to a consensus as to the best rating.

Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, but it's the best system we've been able to devise. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments on the talk page?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

Quality scale

Label	Criteria	Process for rating	Example
FA	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles.	Follow the instructions on the Featured article candidates page.	M249 light machine gun as of November 2019
A	Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length that suitably covers the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. Sufficient external literature references should be provided from (preferably) reliable third-party sources. Any third-party sources should have a solid reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Should be well illustrated when appropriate and have no copyright problems. Any article be considered for featured article candidacy should be an A-Class article before being submitted for FA status.	Follow the instructions on the project's A-Class review page.
GA	The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards.	Follow the instructions on the Good article candidates page.	FN P90 as of November 2019
B	The article has been reviewed by an editor and accepted to meet the following criteria: B1. Proper referencing and citation throughout the article. B2. Adequate and correct coverage of the article topic, without obvious omissions or inaccuracies. B3. Proper structure as per the Manual of Style and project guidelines. B4. Proper grammar and spelling. B5. Adequate supporting materials such as external links and See also items.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines. The proper banner filed should be filled out when assigning this rating.	Lahti L-35 as of November 2019
C	The article is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	Heckler & Koch HK21 as of November 2019
Start	The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack one or more key elements. For example, a Start-Class article may have much useful content but lack: a useful or descriptive image an infobox proper headings or properly named headings proper section order	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	PP-2000 as of November 2019
Stub	The article is very short and lacks a great deal of information, or the information is incoherent or severely disorganized.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	Beretta 1200 FP as of November 2019
Deferred	Quality ratings on this article are deferred to other projects covering the article.	Any editor can assign this rating. This rating should be used sparingly and only be used when project coverage is completely redundant.	Nighthawk Custom as of September 2009
NA	Is not an article, and fits no other classification.	Any editor can assign this rating. Care should be taken to not assign this rating to articles, but only non-article pages such as project pages and templates.	Vickers light machine gun as of November 2019

Importance scale

Importance of the article to WikiProject Firearms, regardless of its quality. Any editor with knowledge of the subject can assign ratings following these guidelines. Articles may be assessed higher than these guidelines after reaching consensus on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Firearms.

Label	Criteria	Example
Top	Broadly descriptive firearm or ammunition types, features or components representing at least ten percent of military or civilian firearms or ammunition inventories at some point in history.	Rifle Handgun
High	Civilian firearms in production for more than a decade. Civilian cartridges produced by more than one manufacturer for more than a decade. Firearms inventors and gunsmiths associated with High-importance firearms or cartridges.	Colt Python .30-30 Winchester Samuel Colt
Mid	Police firearms. Civilians notable for legal use of firearms. Military firearms with notable civilian ownership. Military cartridge calibers commercially produced for sale to civilians by more than one manufacturer.	Atchisson Assault Shotgun Annie Oakley Swedish Mauser .30-40 Krag
Low	Military firearms or cartridges not meeting above criteria. Civilian firearms or cartridges in production for less than a decade. Manufacturers of firearms or ammunition. Individual accessories Firearms related legislation, court cases, organizations, and competitive events.	Remington-Keene rifle .35 S&W Auto California Powder Works Sullivan Act

Peer review

The Firearms WikiProject's Peer Review process is an informal process aimed are gathering ideas for for further improving a given article. You can submit an article for peer review via the project's Peer review page.

A-Class review

The Firearms WikiProject's A-Class review process is a more formal process for determining if an article, as viewed by the project, meets featured article criteria. Articles successfully passing A-Class review typically soon become featured article candidates. You can submit an article for A-Class review via the project's A-Class review page.

Statistics

Firearms articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1					1
GA		2	5	17			24
B	4	16	17	80		1	118
C	30	67	95	495		12	699
Start	26	66	230	2,521		41	2,884
Stub	3	9	89	1,694		36	1,831
List			5	121		4	130
Category			1		2,714		2,715
Redirect	1		4	59	670		734
NA				1	394	2	397
Assessed	64	161	446	4,988	3,778	96	9,533
Unassessed				9		177	186
Total	64	161	446	4,997	3,778	273	9,719
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 28,604			Ω = 5.15

Templates

Weapon infobox

Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
An M1 Garand with en bloc clips
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1936–present (U.S. military training and parades)
Used by	See § Users
Wars	World War II Korean War Arab–Israeli conflict First Indochina War Suez Crisis Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War The Troubles Other conflicts
Production history
Designer	John Garand
Designed	1932
Manufacturer	Springfield Armory Winchester Harrington & Richardson International Harvester Beretta Breda Springfield Armory, Inc. (civilian)
Produced	1936–1957
No. built	Approx. 6.0 million
Variants	M1C, M1D
Specifications
Mass	9.5 to 11.6 lb (4.3 to 5.3 kg)
Length	43.5 in (1,100 mm)
Barrel length	24 in (610 mm)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO (U.S. Navy and some commercial versions)
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (850 m/s)
Effective firing range	440 yd (400 m)
Feed system	8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine
Sights	Iron sights: Aperture rear, barleycorn-type front

A weapon infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular weapon or weapon system (such as a firearm, a sword, a grenade, an artillery piece, a torpedo, or a tank); cartridges and artillery shells should use {{Infobox firearm cartridge}} instead. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox weapon}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox weapon
| name               = 
| image              = 
| image_size         = 300
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| type               = 
| origin             = [[Country name]]
<!-- Type selection -->
| is_ranged          = 
| is_bladed          = 
| is_explosive       = 
| is_artillery       = 
| is_vehicle         = 
| is_missile         = 
| is_UK              = 
<!-- Service history -->
| service            = 
| used_by            = 
| wars               = 
<!-- Production history -->
| designer           = 
| design_date        = 
| manufacturer       = 
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 
| number             = 
| variants           = 
<!-- General specifications -->
| spec_label         = 
| mass               = {{cvt|123|kg|lb}}
| length             = {{cvt|123|mm|in}}
| part_length        = {{cvt|123|mm|in}}
| width              = 
| height             = 
| diameter           = 
| crew               = 
| passengers         = 
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
| cartridge          = 
| cartridge_weight   = 
| caliber            = 
| barrels            = 
| action             = 
| rate               = 123 rounds/min
| velocity           = {{cvt|123|m/s|ft/s}}
| range              = {{cvt|123|m|yd}}
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 
| sights             = 
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
| breech             = 
| recoil             = 
| carriage           = 
| elevation          = 
| traverse           = 
<!-- Bladed weapon specifications --> 
| blade_type         = 
| hilt_type          = 
| sheath_type        = 
| head_type          = 
| haft_type          = 
<!-- Explosive specifications --> 
| filling            = 
| filling_weight     = 
| detonation         = 
| yield              = 
<!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->
| armour             = 
| primary_armament   = 
| secondary_armament = 
| engine             = 
| engine_power       = 
| pw_ratio           = 
| payload_capacity   = 
| drive              = 
| transmission       = 
| suspension         = 
| clearance          = 
| fuel_capacity      = 
| vehicle_range      = 
| speed              = 
| guidance           = 
| steering           = 
<!-- Missiles only -->
| wingspan           = 
| propellant         = 
| ceiling            = 
| altitude           = 
| boost              = 
| depth              = 
| accuracy           = 
| launch_platform    = 
| transport          = 
<!-- For all -->
| ref                = 
}}

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

The infobox is intended as a quick reference. Don't add non-data items, like question marks, “none”, “see text” or links to article sections (the article's table of contents already does this). Only add “unknown” to assert that an information point is unknowable, not as a placeholder to show that it is missing from the article. Choose a representative model and indicate what it is with the spec_label parameter, instead of listing multiple data items in one field.

The template can also be used for general categories of weapons, such as tank and Katyusha rocket launcher, by including only some general characteristics.

General parameters:

• name – the formal name of the weapon.
• image – optional – an image of the weapon. The image must be given in the form File:Example.jpg in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• image_size – the size (in pixels) the image should be. Only required if the image is not a sensible size without being changed, but normally set anyway. Typically set to 300.
• alt – optional – a description of the image that replaces the image if it fails to load.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• type – optional – the type of weapon (e.g. "service rifle", "dress sword", and so forth).
• origin – optional – the country or place where the weapon originated or was first manufactured. Flag icons should not be used in this field, per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG and WP:MILMOS#FLAGS.

Type selection parameters (these parameters control whether—and how—particular specification fields will be displayed; multiple ones may be enabled where appropriate):

• is_ranged – "yes" if the weapon is a ranged weapon, such as a firearm or bow; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_bladed – "yes" if the weapon is a bladed, pointed, or blunt hand-held weapon, such as a sword, mace, or polearm; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_explosive – "yes" if the weapon is an explosive device, such as a grenade or bomb; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_artillery – "yes" if the weapon is a type of artillery, such as a cannon or mortar; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_vehicle – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a tank; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_missile – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled missile or torpedo; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_UK – "yes" if the field labels should use British/Commonwealth English (calibre, armour); must be left blank otherwise.

Service history parameters:

• service – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was in service.
• used_by – optional – the countries, armed forces, or other groups using the weapon; this may be omitted for weapons employed only in their country of origin.
• wars – optional – any wars during which the weapon saw service.

Production history parameters:

• designer – optional – the person or group responsible for designing the weapon.
• design_date – optional – the date (usually given as a year) when the weapon was designed.
• manufacturer – optional – the manufacturer of the weapon.
• unit_cost – optional – the unit cost of the weapon; this should only be indicated for weapons currently being produced.
• production_date – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was produced.
• number – optional – the number of weapons of this type that were manufactured.
• variants – optional – any variant models of the weapon.

General specification parameters:

• spec_label – optional – a label for the specifications, to be used when data for a particular variant is indicated; should be left blank otherwise.
• mass – optional – the mass of the weapon. For firearms, separate loaded and unloaded masses may be indicated.
• length – optional – the total length of the weapon.
• part_length – optional – a secondary length measurement. For firearms, this should be the barrel length; for bladed weapons, the length of the blade or head.
• width – optional – the total width of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• height – optional – the total height of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• diameter – optional – the diameter of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with explosives and missiles.
• crew – optional – for crewed weapons, the number of people required.
• passengers – optional – for vehicles, the number of passengers carried.

Ranged weapon specification parameters (most only available if is_ranged is set to "yes"; some are also activated when is_explosive or is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• cartridge – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type(s) of cartridge or shell used.
• cartridge_weight – optional – for firearms or artillery, the mass of the cartridge or shell used.
• caliber – optional – for non-cartridge firearms or artillery, the caliber or interior diameter of the barrel; for cartridge-loaded firearms, caliber is indicated by the cartridge.
• barrels – optional – for firearms or artillery, the number of distinct barrels; this may be omitted if the weapon is single-barreled.
• action – optional – for firearms, the type of action (e.g. "flintlock").
• rate – optional – the rate of fire. For automatic firearms and auto-loading artillery, this is usually the cyclic rate. For other ranged weapons, an effective rate can be indicated if reputable sources for one are available.
• velocity – optional – for firearms or artillery, the muzzle velocity of the fired projectile.
• range – optional – the effective range of the weapon.
• max_range – optional – the maximum range of the weapon; for firearms this should be the maximum sight setting if used.
• feed – optional – for firearms, the feed system or magazine used.
• sights – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type of sights used.

Artillery specification parameters (only available if is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• breech – optional – for artillery, the type of breech mechanism.
• recoil – optional – for artillery, the recoil system used.
• carriage – optional – for artillery, the type of carriage used.
• elevation – optional – for artillery, the vertical range of possible firing angles.
• traverse – optional – for artillery, the horizontal range of possible firing angles.

Bladed weapon specification parameters (only available if is_bladed is set to "yes"):

• blade_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the blade.
• hilt_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the hilt.
• sheath_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the scabbard or sheath, if any.
• head_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the head.
• haft_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the haft.

Explosive weapon specification parameters (only available if is_explosive or is_missile is set to "yes"):

• filling – optional – the explosive filling material or warhead.
• filling_weight – optional – the mass of the explosive material or warhead.
• detonation – optional – the detonation trigger type (e.g. "timer", "pressure", "motion sensor").
• yield – optional – for larger explosives, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.

Vehicle/missile specification parameters (most only available if is_vehicle is set to "yes"; some are also activated if is_missile is set to "yes"):

• armour – optional – the armour plating of the vehicle; different armour thickness at different points may be indicated if needed.
• primary_weapon – optional – the primary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• secondary_weapon – optional – the secondary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• engine – optional – the type of engine used by the vehicle or missile.
• engine_power – optional – the power output of the engine, usually in hp or kW.
• pw_ratio – optional – the power-to-weight ratio, usually in hp/tonne.
• transmission – optional – the type of transmission used by the vehicle.
• payload_capacity – optional – the overall payload capacity weight of the vehicle.
• propellant – optional – for missiles, the propellant used.
• fuel_capacity – optional – the fuel capacity of the vehicle.
• drive – optional – the drivetrain wheel or track configuration (e.g. 4×4, 6×4, tracked)
• transmission – optional – the transmission of the vehicle.
• suspension – optional – the suspension of the vehicle.
• clearance – optional – the ground clearance of the vehicle.
• wingspan – optional – for missiles, the wingspan.
• vehicle_range – optional – the operational range of the vehicle or missile.
• ceiling – optional – for missiles, the flight ceiling.
• altitude – optional – for missiles, the normal flight altitude.
• depth – optional – for underwater weapons such as torpedoes, the maximum operating depth.
• boost – optional – for missiles, the maximum boost time.
• speed – optional – the maximum speed of the vehicle or missile; this is usually the road speed, but other values may be indicated if appropriate.
• guidance – optional – the guidance system used by the missile (or the vehicle, if uncrewed).
• steering – optional – the steering system used by the missile or vehicle.
• accuracy – optional – for missiles, the guidance accuracy.
• launch_platform – optional – for missiles, the launch platform.
• transport – optional – for missiles, the transportation vehicle or method, if different from the launch platform.

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WikiProject Firearms in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WikiProject Firearms

An infobox for weapon.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The formal name of the weapon.	String	required
Image	image	An image of the weapon. The image must be given in the form Example.jpg; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.	File	optional
Caption	caption	The text to be placed below the image.	String	optional
Origin	origin	The country or place where the weapon originated or was first manufactured. Flag icons should be avoided in this field, per WP:MOSFLAG and WP:MILMOS#FLAGS.	String	optional
Type	type	The type of weapon.	String	optional
Is ranged	is_ranged	Yes if the weapon is a ranged weapon, such as a firearm or bow; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is bladed	is_bladed	Yes if the weapon is a bladed, pointed, or blunt hand-held weapon, such as a sword, mace, or polearm; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is explosive	is_explosive	Yes if the weapon is an explosive device, such as a grenade or bomb; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is artillery	is_artillery	Yes if the weapon is a type of artillery, such as a cannon or mortar; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is vehicle	is_vehicle	Yes if the weapon is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a tank; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is missile	is_missile	Yes if the weapon is a self-propelled missile or torpedo; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is UK	is_UK	Yes if the field labels should use British/Commonwealth English (calibre, armour); must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Service	service	The period (usually given in years) when the weapon was in service.	Line	optional
Used by	used_by	The countries, armed forces, or other groups using the weapon; this may be omitted for weapons employed only in their country of origin.	Line	optional
Wars	wars	Any wars during which the weapon saw service.	Line	optional
Designer	designer	The person or group responsible for designing the weapon.	String	optional
Design date	design_date	The date (usually given as a year) when the weapon was designed.	String	optional
Manufacturer	manufacturer	The manufacturer of the weapon.	String	optional
Unit cost	unit_cost	The unit cost of the weapon; this should only be indicated for weapons currently being produced.	String	optional
Production date	production_date	The period (usually given in years) when the weapon was produced.	String	optional
Number	number	The number of weapons of this type that were manufactured.	Number	optional
Variants	variants	Any variant models of the weapon.	Line	optional
Special label	spec_label	A label for the specifications, to be used when data for a particular variant is indicated; should be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Weight	weight	The weight of the weapon. For firearms, separate loaded and unloaded weights may be indicated.	Number	optional
Length	length	The total length of the weapon.	Number	optional
Part length	part_length	A secondary length measurement. For firearms, this should be the barrel length; for bladed weapons, the length of the blade or head.	Number	optional
Width	width	The total width of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.	Number	optional
Height	height	The total height of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.	Number	optional
Diameter	diameter	The diameter of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with explosives and missiles.	Number	optional
Wingspan	wingspan	For missiles, the wingspan.	String	optional
Crew	crew	For crewed weapons, the number of people required.	Number	optional
Passengers	passengers	For vehicles, the number of passengers carried.	Number	optional
Cartridge	cartridge	For firearms or artillery, the type(s) of cartridge or shell used.	String	optional
Cartridge weight	cartridge_weight	For firearms or artillery, the weight of the cartridge or shell used.	Number	optional
Caliber	caliber	For non-cartridge firearms or artillery, the caliber or interior diameter of the barrel; for cartridge-loaded firearms, caliber is indicated by the cartridge.	Number	optional
Barrels	barrels	For firearms or artillery, the number of distinct barrels; this may be omitted if the weapon is single-barreled.	Number	optional
Action	action	For firearms, the type of action (e.g. flintlock).	String	optional
Rate	rate	The rate of fire. For automatic firearms and auto-loading artillery, this is usually the cyclic rate. For other ranged weapons, an effective rate can be indicated if reputable sources for one are available.	String	optional
Velocity	velocity	For firearms or artillery, the muzzle velocity of the fired projectile.	Number	optional
Range	range	The effective range of the weapon.	Number	optional
Max range	max_range	The maximum range of the weapon; for firearms this should be the maximum sight setting if used.	Number	optional
Feed	feed	For firearms, the feed system or magazine used.	String	optional
Sights	sights	For firearms or artillery, the type of sights used.	String	optional
Breech	breech	For artillery, the type of breech mechanism.	String	optional
Recoil	recoil	For artillery, the recoil system used.	String	optional
Carriage	carriage	For artillery, the type of carriage used.	String	optional
Elevation	elevation	For artillery, the vertical range of possible firing angles.	String	optional
Traverse	traverse	For artillery, the horizontal range of possible firing angles.	String	optional
Blade type	blade_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the blade.	String	optional
Hilt type	hilt_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the hilt.	String	optional
Sheath type	sheath_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the scabbard or sheath, if any.	String	optional
Head type	head_type	For blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the head.	String	optional
Haft type	haft_type	For blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the haft.	String	optional
Filling	filling	The explosive filling material or warhead.	String	optional
filling_weight	filling_weight	The weight of the explosive material or warhead.	Number	optional
Detonation	detonation	the detonation trigger type (e.g. timer, pressure, motion sensor).	String	optional
Yield	yield	For larger explosives, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.	String	optional
Armour	armour	The armour plating of the vehicle; different armour thickness at different points may be indicated if needed.	String	optional
Primary weapon	primary_weapon	The primary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.	String	optional
Secondary weapon	secondary_weapon	The secondary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.	String	optional
Engine	engine	The type of engine used by the vehicle or missile.	String	optional
Engine power	engine_power	The power output of the engine, usually in hp or kW.	Number	optional
Pw ratio	pw_ratio	The power-to-weight ratio, usually in hp/tonne.	Number	optional
Transmission	transmission	The type of transmission used by the vehicle.	String	optional
Payload capacity	payload_capacity	The overall payload capacity weight of the vehicle.	String	optional
Propellant	propellant	For missiles, the propellant used.	String	optional
Fuel capacity	fuel_capacity	The fuel capacity of the vehicle.	Number	optional
Suspension	suspension	The suspension of the vehicle.	String	optional
Clearance	clearance	The ground clearance of the vehicle.	String	optional
Vehicle range	vehicle_range	The operational range of the vehicle or missile.	String	optional
Ceiling	ceiling	For missiles, the flight ceiling.	String	optional
Altitude	altitude	For missiles, the normal flight altitude.	String	optional
Depth	depth	For underwater weapons such as torpedoes, the maximum operating depth.	String	optional
Boost	boost	For missiles, the maximum boost time.	String	optional
Maximum speed	speed	The maximum speed of the vehicle or missile; this is usually the road speed, but other values may be indicated if appropriate.	Number	optional
Guidance	guidance	The guidance system used by the missile (or the vehicle, if uncrewed).	String	optional
Steering	steering	The steering system used by the missile or vehicle.	String	optional
Accuracy	accuracy	For missiles, the guidance accuracy.	String	optional
Launch platform	launch_platform	For missiles, the launch platform.	String	optional
Transport	transport	For missiles, the transportation vehicle or method, if different from the launch platform.	String	optional

See also

Firearm cartridge infobox

A firearm cartridge infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular cartridge or artillery shell. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox firearm cartridge}} template, as shown below:

Welcome to the Firearms WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Firearms.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Goals

• Improve articles on firearms, both civilian and military, with an emphasis on civilian firearms, as the WP:WEAPON already covers military arms.

• To add the below infobox to firearm articles, along with the ammo infobox for ammo, and add the banner to firearms articles.

• To add proper categories to firearm articles.

Scope

• Firearms in general, manufacturers, organizations, legislation, historical figure such as firearms designers and notable gunsmiths, and the like.

Guidelines

Naming

The names of firearm articles should start with the proper name of the manufacturer, followed by the firearm's name. Examples of this policy are Heckler & Koch MP7 instead of MP7 or Smith & Wesson Model 1006 instead of S&W Model 1006. Exceptions to this are firearms named with military designations such as M16 rifle or AK-47. See WP:WEAPON#Naming conventions for the guideline on naming military firearms.

Structure

Firearm articles should be structured largely along the following guidelines (consistent with guidelines contained in WP:MILGUN for military weapons):

1. History. A history of the firearm, including background events leading to the design and the evolution of the design.
2. Design and features. A description of the major points of the firearm, including details of the operating mechanism, how the firearm is maintained and operated by the user, and the cartridge(s) the firearm is chambered in.
3. Use. The intended/common uses of the firearm (ex: hunting, competetive shooting, defense, etc)
4. Variants. A list and description of all variants and close descendants of the firearm, plus production details when available.
5. Accessories. A list and description of accessories that are commonly associated with the firearm.
6. Cultural impact, if any. A general summary of the firearm's impact on culture, complying with the guidelines on popular culture.

Non-firearm articles associated with WikiProject Firearms should generally follow the structure guidelines that are already associated with the appropriate type of article, such as constitutional law articles, jurisprudence articles, chemistry articles, and other categories of articles that often overlap with WikiProject Firearms.

The goal of WikiProject Firearms for articles tagged with the project's banner is to improve the firearms related content, such as improving the accuracy of articles vs. misconceptions that often arise due to pop-culture fiction, movie physics, and similar non-factual beliefs. In general, WikiProject Firearms goals are to work on improving the quality of project-tagged articles without imposing WikiProject Firearms guidelines as mandates.

Pop culture

Avoid pop culture and trivia sections. In general they clutter articles, and contribute very little. Acceptable pop culture information should be highly notable, for example: the Walther PPK's use by James Bond. The pop cultural item that the firearm appeared in must represent the firearm realistically, and if named, should use the real name or a highly common nickname (e.g. Schmeisser for the MP40, or Burp gun for the PPSh-41). Speculation as to fictional appearances such as claims of a fictional gun being based on a real one should be removed in all cases as they are original research. Likewise, lists of fictional appearances should be removed as they violate WP:AVTRIV. Airsoft versions of real firearms are not notable to the firearm article. Also, video game appearances are not notable and should not be listed. Citations are needed if the notability of an appearance is disputed; these citations should not be a list of appearances but should be a source actually showing increased fame or notoriety because of the appearances. Pop culture should be treated in articles with coverage appropriate to its significance to the subject of the article; as per WP:UNDUE. See WP:MILPOP for the guidelines on pop culture pertaining to military history, excluding firearms.

Criminal use

In order for a criminal use to be notable enough for inclusion in the article on the gun used, it must meet some criteria. For instance, legislation being passed as a result of the gun's usage (ex. ban on mail-order of firearms after use of the Carcano in JFK's assassination would qualify). Similarly, if its notoriety greatly increased (ex. the Intratec TEC-DC9 became infamous as a direct result of Columbine). As per WP:UNDUE, editors "should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject".

Variants

Variants of a model of a firearm such as folding/telescoping stock variants, target versions, variants chambered in a new caliber, compact/carbine variants generally should not receive their own article. Instead, use a section for the variant in the parent firearm's article or consolidate it into a table or the text. The exception to this is where significant amounts of design and/or history would be lost by merging. An example of this is the M4 Carbine. Despite the fact that the M4 Carbine is only a carbine version of the M16A2 and its internal components are completely interchangeable with those of the M16 rifle, the M4's development history is significantly different, qualifying it for its own article.

Citations

Cite as much information as possible. This way the articles will have more credibility. Extraordinary claims require citations from very reliable sources. If you don't want something you have added to be deleted, cite a reliable source, assuming the source supports your statement.

Open tasks

If you find anything that really needs to be on the list, just add it to the list. Be sure to say what you are adding in your edit summary, with wikilink to the article. When someone has completed the task, that person should cross out the article from the list, and if everyone agrees, it should be removed from the list two or three days after being crossed out (note: this doesn't include requests, once an article is created it should be removed completely or moved to one of the categories as needed).

For articles marked as "needing attention" see Category:Firearms_articles_needing_attention

When adding entries to the list, please do so in alphabetical order.

Participants

Coordinators

1. Mike Searson (talk · contribs)

Active members

Please feel free to add yourself here in alphabetical order, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. 226Trident (talk · contribs), Handguns, Automatic Weapons, Ammunition
2. 4twenty42o (talk · contribs), Military weapons, handguns, assault weapons
3. 8r455 (talk · contribs), Competition Shooter, IDPA and Bullseye, and long range rifle.
4. Adolphus79 (talk · contribs), I mostly know about US service weapons, but have some general knowledge of other realms also...
5. AliveFreeHappy (talk · contribs), Reloader, mostly rifles, some wildcats.
6. Bahamut0013 (talk · contribs) mostly military (especially US) firearms
7. Berean Hunter (talk · contribs)
8. Boris Barowski (talk · contribs), interested in all kinds of firearms
9. Carguychris (talk · contribs), Smith & Wesson revolvers, Winchester bolt-action rifles
10. CEOMao (talk · contribs), Title II manufacturer and general firearms enthusiast.
11. Cerebellum (talk · contribs), everything, specifically modern small arms
12. ChrisPer (talk · contribs), Australian gun politics, colonial enterprise, historic and black powder arms.
13. Coffeekid (talk · contribs) Weapons and ammo from WW2-present mainly small arms and their history.
14. Computer Guy 2 (talk · contribs) Firearms Tracing, eTrace, trafficking, Manufacturing & History
15. Damërung (talk · contribs) Automatics, modern firearms, sniper rifles, SMG, shotguns, rocket and grenade launchers.
16. Deathsythe (talk · contribs), American gun politics, gun culture, civilian firearms.
17. DesertPhox (talk · contribs) American gun politics, policy, interested in all types of firearms.
18. Doug (talk · contribs)
19. DPdH (talk · contribs) Military firearms, special interest in: WW2, Latin American firearms.
20. eskinner (talk · contribs) Handguns, Competitions, Bullseye, Reloader
21. F-451 (talk · contribs) Military, Modern Firearms, General Knowledge, proofreading and editing.
22. falcon5nz (talk · contribs) Ammunition, NZ Gun Laws
23. Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs)
24. Fluzwup (talk · contribs), several years of retail firearms sales, knowledge about ballistics, reloading, basic gunsmithing, and civilian firearms
25. Gavia immer (talk · contribs) Modern pistols, CCW and (American) legal issues
26. Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs) technology and engineering
27. GMan552 (talk · contribs) proofreading and editing, general firearms knowledge
28. Greg Glover (talk · contribs), History of Gunpowder and Kinetic energy, Design of Bullets and Cartridges, Ballistics and Reloading
29. Gruß Tom - de:Portal:Waffen (Portal:Weapons/Germany)
30. Gtstricky (talk · contribs), Glock, handguns, C&R.
31. Gunnnut (talk · contribs), Gunsmith and Authorised Verifier for the RCMP in Canada
32. Halofanatic333 (talk · contribs), Old guns, new guns, rifles, pistols, shotguns, and everything in-between. I also like to fix grammar.
33. HarveyHenkelmann (talk · contribs), revolvers and WWII armaments of all nations.
34. Hayden120 (talk · contribs), modern military style firearms.
35. Hoplophile (talk · contribs), Autoloading, detatchable magazine-fed rifles and carbines. Also handguns. Basically all the guns that DiFi and Hillary love to hate. GOA life member.
36. Imadeausername! (talk · contribs) Military/Police small arms (appx. 1870 onward) , hunting firearms, target shooting/competition firearms, ballistics, cartridges
37. Izaakb (talk · contribs), Calibers, Israeli weaponry, historical US firearms, S&W history.
38. Jason R. Rokeach (talk · contribs) Politics, political history, handguns, and EBRs.
39. Jc-S0CO (talk · contribs) History, general politics, and crime commission/prevention-related statistical fact-finding.
40. jersey_emt (talk · contribs) General firearms knowledge and modern weapons (especially handguns).
41. Jill Orly (talk · contribs) Modern and "Old West" Revolvers, Military firearms/WWII History, C&R, Concealed Carry firearms.
42. John (talk · contribs), modern weaponry, especially military automatic and sniper weapons.
43. JTBX (talk · contribs) Love guns in general, mostly through video games, though never held a REAL gun.
44. Krasilschic (talk · contribs) Everything.
45. KySharpshooter (talk · contribs) I shoot rifles and revolvers for competition, hunting, and recreation.
46. L1A1 FAL (talk · contribs) Post WW1 firearms, obscure weapons, little bit of everything
47. L.J. Tibbs (talk · contribs)
48. Lord of laziness (talk · contribs) Air rifles
49. Maintainerzero (talk · contribs) Modern firearms, Concealed carry, US firearms law
50. Mendaliv (talk · contribs) Interested in military small arms and anything field-expedient. I own a few guns, including an oddball Smith and Wesson Model 10 in .357 Magnum.
51. Mike Searson (talk · contribs) little bit of everything
52. MOOOOOPS (talk · contribs)
53. Newportm (talk · contribs) little bit of...what have you got?
54. Neil Clancy (talk · contribs) A little bit of everything.
55. Nohomers48 (talk · contribs) Modern firearms
56. Niteshift36 (talk · contribs) Military and law enforcement career. Experience with a wide range of firearms, tactics and legal issues.
57. OnBeyondZebrax (talk · contribs) Machine pistols. Also have an interest in contributing to the guidelines
58. Pigoutultra (talk · contribs) Ballistics, handguns, wildcats.
59. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in Modern Small Arms, WW2 Small Arms and firearms what the British Police use and also the British SAS.
60. Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Propellants - Cordite, Ballistite, Gunpowder, etc.
61. Rdfox 76 (talk · contribs) Most modern small arms
62. ROG5728 (talk · contribs) Modern firearms, particularly 5.7x28mm firearms
63. SeanNovack (talk · contribs) Certified Firearms Instructor and Permit-to-Carry instructor for Minnesota and Utah
64. sf46 (talk · contribs)
65. Soderstrom (talk · contribs) Concealed Carry, "Gun Free Zones" & College Policy (see SCCC), Gun Law, Supreme Court.
66. Support.and.Defend (talk · contribs) Ballistics
67. Swatjester (talk · contribs) Ex military, infantry and reconnaissance, 3-gun, carbine, and precision rifle shooter.
68. TeamZissou (talk · contribs) I have an extensive ammunition collection and will be uploading cartridge images to related articles. Also, I plan to upload images to the bullet article, and expand information and references on bullet design articles. I have access to an extensive collection of firearms and obscure firearm-related books and manuals that may be of service if anyone wants to ask. I'd like to trim or correct the common misinformation in existing articles as well.
69. Trekphiler (talk · contribs) modern weapons, mainly military.
70. Trippingpara (talk · contribs) Former Marine, current C&R FFL, NRA Instructor, activer Reloader. Specialize in Post World War I firearms and curio and relic firearms
71. Tsange (talk · contribs) creating better pages for new and old guns.
72. Vkil (talk · contribs) I just like shooting the hell out of things. Helps relieve stress and whatnot. Trying to buy a Gatling gun; no luck so far.
73. xaosflux (talk · contribs), all sorts of things, talk page me if any admin-related maintenance is needed (e.g. history merges).

Inactive members

This is a list of people who are members of the project but haven't edited Wikipedia for three months. If you find your name on this list, feel free to move it back to the list of active participants when you return to editing.

Inactive members list

1. 100%BulletProof (talk · contribs), Ballistics Engineer, Wildcat Design, Rifles
2. Ajpralston1 (talk · contribs), 20th Century and newer military weapons
3. Alfordap (talk · contribs), NRA rifle instructor and local club CMP instructor. Most interested in Marksmanship and Varmint hunting.
4. Ancjr (talk · contribs)
5. AR-15(6.8 SPC) (talk · contribs) Military weapons (WWII to today), cartridge specifications, handguns, rifles
6. Asams10 (talk · contribs), Firearms inventors, sporting and military arms, ammunition, etc.
7. Ashton.Sanders (talk · contribs), Firearms for home defense and small game hunting
8. Bobbfwed (talk · contribs), skilled in tactics and knowledgeable in external and terminal ballistics.
9. BonesBrigade (talk · contribs) mostly 20th century weapons
10. Bmb1935 (talk · contribs)i am an expert(by experience)in hunting rifles and amunition(proud NRA member)
11. Bossesjoe (talk · contribs), knowledgeable in modern military firearms and tactics.
12. Cannibalicious! (talk · contribs)
13. CeeWhy2 (talk · contribs), especially interested in target and hunting firearms.
14. ChewyLSB (talk · contribs), Modern firearms, mostly shotguns.
15. Chinese3126 (talk · contribs), Doing whatever I can about guns, I love guns of all shapes and sizes as long as they are reliable.
16. Commander Zulu (talk · contribs), Firearms Historian, primarily focusing on small arms of the British Empire & Commonwealth, WWI & WWII small arms, and Military & Police handguns.
17. Compshoot (talk · contribs) Handguns, Competitions, Action Pistol
18. ConquerorPBN (talk · contribs) Suppressors and other Title II/NFA weapons, concealed carry, and modern firearms, especially rifles and pistols
19. C0N6R355 (talk · contribs)
20. DanMP5 (talk · contribs), Modern pistols, rifles and cartridges.
21. Dave_polaschek (talk · contribs), Enthusiast, American cartridges of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
22. Desirez-vous (talk · contribs), Defensive firearms ownership and use by women in protecting themselves and their families.
23. Devh123 (talk · contribs),Modern Sniper highpowered rifles.
24. DigitalNinja (talk · contribs), Handguns (CZ USA especially), high caliber rifles, CCW, 2nd amendment rights, ballistics, and education.
25. Dreadnaught (talk · contribs), Military weaponry, 20th Century
26. Dreamafter (talk · contribs)
27. Dudtz (talk · contribs)
28. DZGuymed (talk · contribs) Assault weapons, handguns, WWII arms, ammunition, ballistics and in-depth knowledge.
29. Earthworm Makarov (talk · contribs) Small Arms, Automatic Cannon
30. Enduro446 (talk · contribs) Primary interest in mainly ammunition.
31. Ericdered (talk · contribs) Sub Machine Guns, Small Arms, WWII
32. Expertfp1 (talk · contribs), Pathologist, gunshot wounds, medicolegal and forensic aspects of firearms use, treatment of gunshot injuries, ballistics and reloading, military small arms, history
33. Falcofire (talk · contribs) Small arms, foreign assault rifles, and hunting rifles
34. Finalnight (talk · contribs) Revolvers, small semi-autos
35. Frank Dallas, Jr (talk · contribs), 15 years of retail firearms sales and firearms service, knowledge about hunting ballistics, reloading, gunsmithing, military and civilian firearms
36. g4raider (talk · contribs)
37. Gasolinerainbows (talk · contribs)
38. Goldfishsoldier (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in Gun Politics, but also general editing here and there.
39. GrumpyAC (talk · contribs), Pro-Second Amendment political activist, Historian of Gun Control against the citizenry of Missouri, competitive handgun shooter, NRA Training Counselor and certified instructor in firearm safety, and bullet/cartridge reloading.
40. Gunny01 (talk · contribs), handguns, practical shooting.
41. Guru42 (talk · contribs) revolvers and all Colt weapons.
42. GVilKa (talk · contribs), Sniper weapon systems and future weapons.
43. Hedington (talk · contribs) South African Gun Politics, with emphasis on legal black gun ownership. Gauteng Regional Advocacy Director: Gun Owners of South Africa, (GOSA). Administrator: Black Gun Owners Association of South Africa, (BGOASA). Core member: South African Legal Gun Owners, (SALGO).
44. IainWR (talk · contribs), Chairman Target Rifle Committee International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA), Chairman NRA of GB Target Rifle Committee
45. Iskor12 (talk · contribs) General firearms knowledge, Military Small arms
46. James_xeno (talk · contribs)
47. jimbobfunny (talk · contribs), handloading, internal ballistics, terminal ballistics, education
48. Jirt (talk · contribs)
49. J.Mraz (talk · contribs) Skeet shooting
50. JVkamp (talk · contribs) member of aforementioned Weaponry task force, military and civilian sporter interests.
51. Kahman (talk · contribs), Specializing in concealed carry information
52. Kalashnikov (talk · contribs) Mechanical designer - Gun collector (especially Ross and Commercial Mausers) - Long time reloader, I am a fervent medium bore rifle user and reallly like big bore handguns
53. Kartano (talk · contribs), Specializing in Australian gun politics, shooting in Australia and competitive shooting in Australia.
54. Kcphaid (talk · contribs), Firearms, collector and NRA Life member.
55. Kevin Kahle (talk · contribs) Weapons Specialist
56. Kimon (talk · contribs)
57. K-Man75 (talk · contribs) Large caliber autoloaders
58. lagaman (talk · contribs) Currently wanting to add a picture to the M17S page, but mostly modern guns, or antique single-shot rifles.
59. Livitup (talk · contribs) Modern handguns, CCW, US law. Copyeditor.
60. Martin Raybourne (talk · contribs) Whatever floats my boat.
61. Mdeby (talk · contribs) Experienced in ballistic systems for official CIP Proofhouses, NATO test centers and small arms ammunition manufacturers.
62. Morgan_Phoenix (talk · contribs) Makarov pistols, Modern Weapons from WWII on, target/military rifles & pistols. WikiGraphist specializing in vector conversions and original art for cartridges, primarily based upon CIP maximum dimensions.
63. Motorrad-67 (talk · contribs), Colt's Python, Diamondback, and Anaconda
64. Mr.NorCal55 (talk · contribs)
65. MRIanthony (talk · contribs)
66. Msahimi (talk · contribs) I know a bit about different firearms.
67. Muldoon X9 (talk · contribs) Modern weapons
68. MVMosin (talk · contribs) Former member of Delfin Oznaz unit. Expert on military small arms--particularly those of US and Soviet origin.
69. mzwhiz21 (talk · contribs) Winchester Model 1200
70. Nburden (talk · contribs) Modern firearms and US firearms law.
71. Nukes4Tots (talk · contribs) Mostly firearms and some ammunition articles.
72. Opensourcelinuxm (talk · contribs) Specialty is old "curio and relic" firearms, mainly from foreign countries
73. PAH Page (talk · contribs) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
74. Palaceofhate (talk · contribs)
75. PaulsyB (talk · contribs) Mostly handguns and IPSC but some rifles and shotguns, especially military hardware
76. Pepe la pepper (talk · contribs) German Pistols. Black powder Rifles,Bolt Action Rifles.
77. PeteShanosky (talk · contribs) General firearms, specifically handguns, dating from WWII onward.
78. Philip Laurence (talk · contribs) handguns, historic weapons, ammunition but I will generally clean up firearm articles.
79. Praiyachat (talk · contribs) Modern Small Arms, semi-automatic pistols
80. Prussian725 (talk · contribs) Mostly rifles and shotguns, especially military firearms
81. Ramirez72 (talk · contribs)
82. Rantingmadhare (talk · contribs) Winchester self-loading rifles
83. Raygun (talk · contribs) Anything that has to do with man-portable arms.
84. RWJP (talk · contribs) Up for anything, been helping out on a couple of fireamrs pages already
85. Robbskey (talk · contribs)
86. RockManQ (talk · contribs) Submachine guns
87. Rollersox (talk · contribs) All carbines and assault rifles, and some other reliable guns
88. Rollie (talk · contribs) Bolt action hunting rifles, WW2 era rifles, Airguns, soviet firearms
89. Rookie_Rover (talk · contribs)
90. S (talk · contribs) (formerly knows as Seed 2.0). Modern handguns, modern and historic rifles. Feel free to contact me if you need some maintenance or bot-related work done.
91. Sandbekken (talk · contribs) General firearms history, individual firearms function and design, handloading of ammunition, Norwegian firearms laws and the traditions and politics of firearms in Norwegian society.
92. Sdavids13 (talk · contribs) President of Pistol and Rifle Club at Virginia Tech and member of Virginia Tech Clay Target Team, main interest in modern pistols.
93. Smile4Chomsky (talk · contribs) The "gun-industry," CCW, mouse guns, production details... etc.
94. Sniperhf (talk · contribs) Reloading, Military Surplus firearms, Rimfire.
95. Spartan3006 (talk · contribs) General military and civilian firearm information. Please contact me if you are stuck or need help with anything gun related. My special is WWII era arms. I know Russian arms as well
96. sparticus117 (talk · contribs) New to weapons world, know a little about everything. know alot about M14 M1 garand springfield M1A1 models.
97. SQL (talk · contribs) CCW, Handguns
98. Surv1v4l1st (talk · contribs) CCW, NFA items, gun culture, etc.
99. Tengu99 (talk · contribs) Mostly trying to fill in the blanks, creating pages for ammo that haven't been made yet, etc.
100. Thatguy96 (talk · contribs) Obscure weapons and subvariants, mainly US, mainly between 1945-1980; official weapon designation
101. Theserialcomma (talk · contribs) a little of this and a little of that.
102. Tomalamak (talk · contribs) New Zealand gun laws
103. Tominator93 (talk · contribs) Shotguns, Pistols (Especially semi-automatic pistols) Submachine Guns, and Assault Rifles.
104. Tronno (talk · contribs) modern weapons.
105. TTS51207 (talk · contribs) handguns, rifles, political issues. Specifically older Soviet/Chinese rifles, ammunition, some retailers, manufacturers, and miscellaneous other related subjects.
106. Two triggers (talk · contribs)Interested in encouraging double gun enthusiasts to contribute and edit.
107. TXTad (talk · contribs) Handguns, rifles, ammunition, bench rest. I particularly like odd or unusual but useful calibers like 8x57, .358 Winchester, and 9.3x62 Mauser to name just a few.
108. User name one (talk · contribs) Scar rifles and the like
109. Uttexas (talk · contribs) Anything regarding US Military firearms
110. Vicius (talk · contribs) Revolvers, big bore handgun cartridges, modifications. Favs: Raging Bull .454 Casull.
111. WarLord (talk · contribs) Modern weapons. Civilian and Military. Civil War to now.
112. Weeman com (talk · contribs) Clay Target Sports in the UK
113. Wikidenizen (talk · contribs) Military weapons and small arms 1900-present; general fireams 1900-present, esp. WWII era and present day pistols and revolvers; reloading and ammunition.
114. XM8 Carbine (talk · contribs), Modern or Advanced weapons, weapon development.

Articles

Featured content

• AK-47
• Jarmann M1884
• Kammerlader
• Krag-Jørgensen
• Krag-Petersson
• Webley Revolver
• M249 SAW
• Volcano (South Park)

Good Articles

• 10 metre air pistol
• .303 British
• 5.7x28mm
• Enfield revolver
• FN Five-seven
• FN P90
• Gun violence in the United States
• Huolongjing
• M1 Garand
• Winchester 1200
• Winchester Model 1897

Candidates

• Handloading

New articles

Please feel free to list your new Firearms-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page.

---

Beretta M1923 Old Italian Service Pistol Trippingpara - (talk) 19:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Merwin Hulbert just started this today.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:36, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Hopkins & Allen just started this today.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:36, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

FN Herstal FNX Stub for the new FNX model pistols from FNH. Bradford44 (talk) 15:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Remington Spartan 453 Stub for a Russian semi-automatic Remington shotgun. BornInLeningrad (talk) 13:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant Russian firearms manufacturer (Makarov pistol, Yarygin pistol and many more pistols and shotguns)). Note that it is not Izhmash (Kalashnikovs)! BornInLeningrad (talk) 23:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Bekas-M Russian pump-action shotgun. BornInLeningrad (talk) 09:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Firearm maintenance I have a cleaning section, but we should probably add sections for other aspects of firearm maintenance. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Firearm malfunction What a malfunction is, types of malfunctions, ramifications, and prevention. Needs expansion. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Bore snake What a bore snake is; would like to find a picture for this. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Protector Palm Pistol .32 caliber gun fired by squeezing your fist. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 00:43, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges a list of the WCF cartridges. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 18:39, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

ICL cartridges A family of wildcat improved efficient cartridges with a surprising number of cartridges. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 06:31, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

.450 Rigby African hunting cartridge DeusImperator (talk) 30 September 2010

Remington Ultra Magnum Remingtons big and short magnum answer to the WSM. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 03:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

6.5 mm Remington Magnum nifty efficient cartridge more popular in Europe than USA DeusImperator (talk) 27 September 2010

Colt Model 1878 Double-action revolver Engineer comp geek (talk) 19 September 2010

.458x2 American Medium power big-bore suitable for American game. DeusImperator (talk) 17 September 2010

Montana Rifle Company known for extremely strong controlled-feed actions. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 19:40, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

.333 Jeffery Flanged African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.400 Jeffery Nitro Express African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.450/400 Nitro Express African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

.465 H&H Magnum African hunting round DeusImperator (talk) September 2010

Kel-Tec PMR-30 - created an article for Kel-Tec's upcoming .22 WMR pistol. ROG5728 (talk) 08:01, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Special Occupational Taxpayers - started an article on SOT payers, needs a lot of help. CEOMao (talk) 18:40, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

.400 Whelen .30-06 offspring Thewellman (talk) 4 August 2010

Taurus Model 731 - started an article on the 731 model.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 22:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Taurus Model 605 - started an article on the Taurus snubbie.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 22:12, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Gun politics in Italy - hope i have done a fair job --Itemirus^{Message me!} 20:39, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Ithaca Mag-10 Added article on the Mag-10. I will be working on expansion shortly.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 02:50, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Winchester Model 67- next new article in the series, pictures needed! Carguychris (talk) 15:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Winchester Model 69- first of several new pages I intend to write about lower-priced Winchester bolt-action rimfire rifles. Carguychris (talk) 22:16, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

That's a really, really nice article. Faceless Enemy (talk) 03:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

PU scope Can someone please give some input on what a scope infobox should have? I don't want to write the article without having an infobox, and I don't know enough about scopes to know what belongs in a scope infobox template. Really, if you're going to mess around with any one of the pages I just listed, this is the one that needs the most help. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

German Sport Guns GmbH I know they make airshit too, but I don't know enough about it to deal with it. Anyone wanna expand that part? Could really use the help. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Chiappa Rhino Adding stuff would be cool, though I don't know of a whole lot it needs right now. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Remington Model SP-10--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 04:02, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

AGM-1 Carbine, Italian pistol-caliber carbine. Stub at this point.--Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 02:17, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Marlin Model 25MG, bolt-action shotgun --Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 23:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Marble Game Getter, combination gun. --Surv1v4l1st ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 23:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Berloque pistol not a firearm person myself, I was yet surprised this smallest pistol ever made (4 cm / 1.5 inch) was not to be found on Wikipedia. So I created an extremely short stub. Could you guys take it further please, because this is as much knowledge as I have on firearms. Thanks Arnoutf (talk) 19:52, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Springfield Model 1888 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1886 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1884 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1882 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 9 June 2010

Springfield Model 1880 Springfield Rifle Engineer comp geek (talk) 7 June 2010

National Rifle Team — added this stub & could use some help with details. FieldMarine (talk) 12:48, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Ruger Old Army, figured this was distinct enough from the Ruger Blackhawk to be more than just a variant. Needs pic and expansion. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:55, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Productos Mendoza Page about the Mexican air gun and conventional firearm manufacturer. -- Lord of laziness (talk) 02:21, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Winchester 1200 Page about the Winchester Model 1200 for a college project. --Mzwhiz21 (talk) 00:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

---

Articles up for merger

Add any articles that are up for merger in this section, newest at the top. When the merger discussion is concluded please remove it.

---

• Flintlock mechanism/Flintlock
• Savage 110 BA/Savage 110FP/Savage Model 110 October 2010
• Firearms licence/Gun law/Gun politics October 2010
• Title II weapons/National Firearms Act October 2010
• Firearm modification/Gunsmith October 2010
• Landmark conversion/Kammerlader 7 October 2010
• Handgun effectiveness/Stopping power 7 October 2010
• Minute of Angle/Minute of arc
• Chamelot Delvigne French 1873/MAS 1873 revolver
• CZ 527 Varmint into CZ 527 01 October 2010
• CZ 97B into CZ 75 01 October 2010
• Big-game hunter into Big game hunting 10 September 2010
• Firearm (tool) into Firearm 16:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

---

Articles up for deletion

Add any articles that are up for deletion in this list, newest at the top. When the AfD is concluded please remove it.

Requests for Comment

Add any articles that request comments in this section, newest at the top. When the RfC is concluded please remove it.

---

• Mauser HSc - I would appreciate comments from members of Wikiproject Firearms on an issue with an editor who did an article replacement with claims of inaccuracy. His commentary is on the article talk page. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 13:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• Wheellock. Comments requested re upgrade from Start to B-class. Thanks. Nick Michael (talk) 14:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
• Gun violence. Should the firearm homicide table in Gun Violence (tabulated by country) include columns of non-gun-related homicides? No discussion of general homicides is contained in the Gun violence article. Would including columnar data of non-gun-related homicides cause POV problems -- from spinning all homicides as somehow being related to guns, even in countries (e.g., the UK) where most homicides are not related to guns. Yaf (talk) 18:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
• MP5 - Dispute regarding subsections and organization. Some guy (talk) 01:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
• SG 550 - Dispute regarding subsections and organization. Some guy (talk) 01:30, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
• Talk:Gun violence in the United States - Discussion under way to change the article name to "Guns in the United States". Existing title has POV issues.DesertPhox (talk) 15:41, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom (Arbitration Committee) case comments

Add any cases that request comments related to this Firearms WikiProject in this section, newest at the top. When the ArbCom decision occurs, of whether or not the case is taken, please remove the link below.

---

---

Collaboration and review

Assessment

Purpose

What is the purpose of article assessments?

The assessment system allows the Firearms WikiProject to monitor the quality of articles that fall under its purview, and to prioritize work on these articles. The ratings are also used by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content.

Are these ratings official?

No. These ratings are meant primarily for the internal use of the project to better prioritze work on the articles, and usually do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

Assessing articles

Who can assess articles?

In general, anyone can add or change an article's rating. However, the "GA" and "FA" labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively. Drastic changes to an article's rating should typically be discussed on the article's talk page before making the change.

How do I assess an article?

Consult the quality scale below; once you have chosen the level that seems to be closest to the article, set the class parameter in the WPGUNS banner template to the level's name (omitting "Class" from the end). For example, to rate an article as "B-Class", use |class=B in the banner. Again, the "FA" and "GA" labels should not be added to articles unless they actually are currently designated as such.

Common concerns

Someone put a project banner template on an article, but it's not really within the WikiProject's scope. What should I do?

Due to the large volume of articles falling under the project, occasionally a tag is added to an article that the project does not cover. Feel free to remove the tag if the article truly is not within the scope of the project. If there is any doubt, post a note on the article's talk page and discuss it.

What if I don't agree with a rating?

Feel free to change it (within reason) if you think a different rating is justified; in the case of major disputes, the project as a whole can discuss the issue either on the project's talk page or on the talk page of the article in question and come to a consensus as to the best rating.

Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, but it's the best system we've been able to devise. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments on the talk page?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

Quality scale

Label	Criteria	Process for rating	Example
FA	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles.	Follow the instructions on the Featured article candidates page.	M249 light machine gun as of November 2019
A	Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length that suitably covers the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. Sufficient external literature references should be provided from (preferably) reliable third-party sources. Any third-party sources should have a solid reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Should be well illustrated when appropriate and have no copyright problems. Any article be considered for featured article candidacy should be an A-Class article before being submitted for FA status.	Follow the instructions on the project's A-Class review page.
GA	The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards.	Follow the instructions on the Good article candidates page.	FN P90 as of November 2019
B	The article has been reviewed by an editor and accepted to meet the following criteria: B1. Proper referencing and citation throughout the article. B2. Adequate and correct coverage of the article topic, without obvious omissions or inaccuracies. B3. Proper structure as per the Manual of Style and project guidelines. B4. Proper grammar and spelling. B5. Adequate supporting materials such as external links and See also items.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines. The proper banner filed should be filled out when assigning this rating.	Lahti L-35 as of November 2019
C	The article is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	Heckler & Koch HK21 as of November 2019
Start	The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack one or more key elements. For example, a Start-Class article may have much useful content but lack: a useful or descriptive image an infobox proper headings or properly named headings proper section order	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	PP-2000 as of November 2019
Stub	The article is very short and lacks a great deal of information, or the information is incoherent or severely disorganized.	Any editor can assign this rating after having reviewed the article as per the previously mentioned guidelines.	Beretta 1200 FP as of November 2019
Deferred	Quality ratings on this article are deferred to other projects covering the article.	Any editor can assign this rating. This rating should be used sparingly and only be used when project coverage is completely redundant.	Nighthawk Custom as of September 2009
NA	Is not an article, and fits no other classification.	Any editor can assign this rating. Care should be taken to not assign this rating to articles, but only non-article pages such as project pages and templates.	Vickers light machine gun as of November 2019

Importance scale

Importance of the article to WikiProject Firearms, regardless of its quality. Any editor with knowledge of the subject can assign ratings following these guidelines. Articles may be assessed higher than these guidelines after reaching consensus on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Firearms.

Label	Criteria	Example
Top	Broadly descriptive firearm or ammunition types, features or components representing at least ten percent of military or civilian firearms or ammunition inventories at some point in history.	Rifle Handgun
High	Civilian firearms in production for more than a decade. Civilian cartridges produced by more than one manufacturer for more than a decade. Firearms inventors and gunsmiths associated with High-importance firearms or cartridges.	Colt Python .30-30 Winchester Samuel Colt
Mid	Police firearms. Civilians notable for legal use of firearms. Military firearms with notable civilian ownership. Military cartridge calibers commercially produced for sale to civilians by more than one manufacturer.	Atchisson Assault Shotgun Annie Oakley Swedish Mauser .30-40 Krag
Low	Military firearms or cartridges not meeting above criteria. Civilian firearms or cartridges in production for less than a decade. Manufacturers of firearms or ammunition. Individual accessories Firearms related legislation, court cases, organizations, and competitive events.	Remington-Keene rifle .35 S&W Auto California Powder Works Sullivan Act

Peer review

The Firearms WikiProject's Peer Review process is an informal process aimed are gathering ideas for for further improving a given article. You can submit an article for peer review via the project's Peer review page.

A-Class review

The Firearms WikiProject's A-Class review process is a more formal process for determining if an article, as viewed by the project, meets featured article criteria. Articles successfully passing A-Class review typically soon become featured article candidates. You can submit an article for A-Class review via the project's A-Class review page.

Statistics

Firearms articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1					1
GA		2	5	17			24
B	4	16	17	80		1	118
C	30	67	95	495		12	699
Start	26	66	230	2,521		41	2,884
Stub	3	9	89	1,694		36	1,831
List			5	121		4	130
Category			1		2,714		2,715
Redirect	1		4	59	670		734
NA				1	394	2	397
Assessed	64	161	446	4,988	3,778	96	9,533
Unassessed				9		177	186
Total	64	161	446	4,997	3,778	273	9,719
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 28,604			Ω = 5.15

Templates

Weapon infobox

Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
An M1 Garand with en bloc clips
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1936–present (U.S. military training and parades)
Used by	See § Users
Wars	World War II Korean War Arab–Israeli conflict First Indochina War Suez Crisis Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War The Troubles Other conflicts
Production history
Designer	John Garand
Designed	1932
Manufacturer	Springfield Armory Winchester Harrington & Richardson International Harvester Beretta Breda Springfield Armory, Inc. (civilian)
Produced	1936–1957
No. built	Approx. 6.0 million
Variants	M1C, M1D
Specifications
Mass	9.5 to 11.6 lb (4.3 to 5.3 kg)
Length	43.5 in (1,100 mm)
Barrel length	24 in (610 mm)
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO (U.S. Navy and some commercial versions)
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Muzzle velocity	2,800 ft/s (850 m/s)
Effective firing range	440 yd (400 m)
Feed system	8-round en bloc clip, internal magazine
Sights	Iron sights: Aperture rear, barleycorn-type front

A weapon infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular weapon or weapon system (such as a firearm, a sword, a grenade, an artillery piece, a torpedo, or a tank); cartridges and artillery shells should use {{Infobox firearm cartridge}} instead. The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox weapon}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox weapon
| name               = 
| image              = 
| image_size         = 300
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| type               = 
| origin             = [[Country name]]
<!-- Type selection -->
| is_ranged          = 
| is_bladed          = 
| is_explosive       = 
| is_artillery       = 
| is_vehicle         = 
| is_missile         = 
| is_UK              = 
<!-- Service history -->
| service            = 
| used_by            = 
| wars               = 
<!-- Production history -->
| designer           = 
| design_date        = 
| manufacturer       = 
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 
| number             = 
| variants           = 
<!-- General specifications -->
| spec_label         = 
| mass               = {{cvt|123|kg|lb}}
| length             = {{cvt|123|mm|in}}
| part_length        = {{cvt|123|mm|in}}
| width              = 
| height             = 
| diameter           = 
| crew               = 
| passengers         = 
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
| cartridge          = 
| cartridge_weight   = 
| caliber            = 
| barrels            = 
| action             = 
| rate               = 123 rounds/min
| velocity           = {{cvt|123|m/s|ft/s}}
| range              = {{cvt|123|m|yd}}
| max_range          = 
| feed               = 
| sights             = 
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
| breech             = 
| recoil             = 
| carriage           = 
| elevation          = 
| traverse           = 
<!-- Bladed weapon specifications --> 
| blade_type         = 
| hilt_type          = 
| sheath_type        = 
| head_type          = 
| haft_type          = 
<!-- Explosive specifications --> 
| filling            = 
| filling_weight     = 
| detonation         = 
| yield              = 
<!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->
| armour             = 
| primary_armament   = 
| secondary_armament = 
| engine             = 
| engine_power       = 
| pw_ratio           = 
| payload_capacity   = 
| drive              = 
| transmission       = 
| suspension         = 
| clearance          = 
| fuel_capacity      = 
| vehicle_range      = 
| speed              = 
| guidance           = 
| steering           = 
<!-- Missiles only -->
| wingspan           = 
| propellant         = 
| ceiling            = 
| altitude           = 
| boost              = 
| depth              = 
| accuracy           = 
| launch_platform    = 
| transport          = 
<!-- For all -->
| ref                = 
}}

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

The infobox is intended as a quick reference. Don't add non-data items, like question marks, “none”, “see text” or links to article sections (the article's table of contents already does this). Only add “unknown” to assert that an information point is unknowable, not as a placeholder to show that it is missing from the article. Choose a representative model and indicate what it is with the spec_label parameter, instead of listing multiple data items in one field.

The template can also be used for general categories of weapons, such as tank and Katyusha rocket launcher, by including only some general characteristics.

General parameters:

• name – the formal name of the weapon.
• image – optional – an image of the weapon. The image must be given in the form File:Example.jpg in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• image_size – the size (in pixels) the image should be. Only required if the image is not a sensible size without being changed, but normally set anyway. Typically set to 300.
• alt – optional – a description of the image that replaces the image if it fails to load.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• type – optional – the type of weapon (e.g. "service rifle", "dress sword", and so forth).
• origin – optional – the country or place where the weapon originated or was first manufactured. Flag icons should not be used in this field, per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG and WP:MILMOS#FLAGS.

Type selection parameters (these parameters control whether—and how—particular specification fields will be displayed; multiple ones may be enabled where appropriate):

• is_ranged – "yes" if the weapon is a ranged weapon, such as a firearm or bow; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_bladed – "yes" if the weapon is a bladed, pointed, or blunt hand-held weapon, such as a sword, mace, or polearm; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_explosive – "yes" if the weapon is an explosive device, such as a grenade or bomb; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_artillery – "yes" if the weapon is a type of artillery, such as a cannon or mortar; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_vehicle – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a tank; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_missile – "yes" if the weapon is a self-propelled missile or torpedo; must be left blank otherwise.
• is_UK – "yes" if the field labels should use British/Commonwealth English (calibre, armour); must be left blank otherwise.

Service history parameters:

• service – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was in service.
• used_by – optional – the countries, armed forces, or other groups using the weapon; this may be omitted for weapons employed only in their country of origin.
• wars – optional – any wars during which the weapon saw service.

Production history parameters:

• designer – optional – the person or group responsible for designing the weapon.
• design_date – optional – the date (usually given as a year) when the weapon was designed.
• manufacturer – optional – the manufacturer of the weapon.
• unit_cost – optional – the unit cost of the weapon; this should only be indicated for weapons currently being produced.
• production_date – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the weapon was produced.
• number – optional – the number of weapons of this type that were manufactured.
• variants – optional – any variant models of the weapon.

General specification parameters:

• spec_label – optional – a label for the specifications, to be used when data for a particular variant is indicated; should be left blank otherwise.
• mass – optional – the mass of the weapon. For firearms, separate loaded and unloaded masses may be indicated.
• length – optional – the total length of the weapon.
• part_length – optional – a secondary length measurement. For firearms, this should be the barrel length; for bladed weapons, the length of the blade or head.
• width – optional – the total width of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• height – optional – the total height of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.
• diameter – optional – the diameter of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with explosives and missiles.
• crew – optional – for crewed weapons, the number of people required.
• passengers – optional – for vehicles, the number of passengers carried.

Ranged weapon specification parameters (most only available if is_ranged is set to "yes"; some are also activated when is_explosive or is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• cartridge – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type(s) of cartridge or shell used.
• cartridge_weight – optional – for firearms or artillery, the mass of the cartridge or shell used.
• caliber – optional – for non-cartridge firearms or artillery, the caliber or interior diameter of the barrel; for cartridge-loaded firearms, caliber is indicated by the cartridge.
• barrels – optional – for firearms or artillery, the number of distinct barrels; this may be omitted if the weapon is single-barreled.
• action – optional – for firearms, the type of action (e.g. "flintlock").
• rate – optional – the rate of fire. For automatic firearms and auto-loading artillery, this is usually the cyclic rate. For other ranged weapons, an effective rate can be indicated if reputable sources for one are available.
• velocity – optional – for firearms or artillery, the muzzle velocity of the fired projectile.
• range – optional – the effective range of the weapon.
• max_range – optional – the maximum range of the weapon; for firearms this should be the maximum sight setting if used.
• feed – optional – for firearms, the feed system or magazine used.
• sights – optional – for firearms or artillery, the type of sights used.

Artillery specification parameters (only available if is_artillery is set to "yes"):

• breech – optional – for artillery, the type of breech mechanism.
• recoil – optional – for artillery, the recoil system used.
• carriage – optional – for artillery, the type of carriage used.
• elevation – optional – for artillery, the vertical range of possible firing angles.
• traverse – optional – for artillery, the horizontal range of possible firing angles.

Bladed weapon specification parameters (only available if is_bladed is set to "yes"):

• blade_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the blade.
• hilt_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the hilt.
• sheath_type – optional – for bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the scabbard or sheath, if any.
• head_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the head.
• haft_type – optional – for blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the haft.

Explosive weapon specification parameters (only available if is_explosive or is_missile is set to "yes"):

• filling – optional – the explosive filling material or warhead.
• filling_weight – optional – the mass of the explosive material or warhead.
• detonation – optional – the detonation trigger type (e.g. "timer", "pressure", "motion sensor").
• yield – optional – for larger explosives, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.

Vehicle/missile specification parameters (most only available if is_vehicle is set to "yes"; some are also activated if is_missile is set to "yes"):

• armour – optional – the armour plating of the vehicle; different armour thickness at different points may be indicated if needed.
• primary_weapon – optional – the primary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• secondary_weapon – optional – the secondary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.
• engine – optional – the type of engine used by the vehicle or missile.
• engine_power – optional – the power output of the engine, usually in hp or kW.
• pw_ratio – optional – the power-to-weight ratio, usually in hp/tonne.
• transmission – optional – the type of transmission used by the vehicle.
• payload_capacity – optional – the overall payload capacity weight of the vehicle.
• propellant – optional – for missiles, the propellant used.
• fuel_capacity – optional – the fuel capacity of the vehicle.
• drive – optional – the drivetrain wheel or track configuration (e.g. 4×4, 6×4, tracked)
• transmission – optional – the transmission of the vehicle.
• suspension – optional – the suspension of the vehicle.
• clearance – optional – the ground clearance of the vehicle.
• wingspan – optional – for missiles, the wingspan.
• vehicle_range – optional – the operational range of the vehicle or missile.
• ceiling – optional – for missiles, the flight ceiling.
• altitude – optional – for missiles, the normal flight altitude.
• depth – optional – for underwater weapons such as torpedoes, the maximum operating depth.
• boost – optional – for missiles, the maximum boost time.
• speed – optional – the maximum speed of the vehicle or missile; this is usually the road speed, but other values may be indicated if appropriate.
• guidance – optional – the guidance system used by the missile (or the vehicle, if uncrewed).
• steering – optional – the steering system used by the missile or vehicle.
• accuracy – optional – for missiles, the guidance accuracy.
• launch_platform – optional – for missiles, the launch platform.
• transport – optional – for missiles, the transportation vehicle or method, if different from the launch platform.

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:WikiProject Firearms in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for WikiProject Firearms

An infobox for weapon.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The formal name of the weapon.	String	required
Image	image	An image of the weapon. The image must be given in the form Example.jpg; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.	File	optional
Caption	caption	The text to be placed below the image.	String	optional
Origin	origin	The country or place where the weapon originated or was first manufactured. Flag icons should be avoided in this field, per WP:MOSFLAG and WP:MILMOS#FLAGS.	String	optional
Type	type	The type of weapon.	String	optional
Is ranged	is_ranged	Yes if the weapon is a ranged weapon, such as a firearm or bow; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is bladed	is_bladed	Yes if the weapon is a bladed, pointed, or blunt hand-held weapon, such as a sword, mace, or polearm; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is explosive	is_explosive	Yes if the weapon is an explosive device, such as a grenade or bomb; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is artillery	is_artillery	Yes if the weapon is a type of artillery, such as a cannon or mortar; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is vehicle	is_vehicle	Yes if the weapon is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a tank; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is missile	is_missile	Yes if the weapon is a self-propelled missile or torpedo; must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Is UK	is_UK	Yes if the field labels should use British/Commonwealth English (calibre, armour); must be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Service	service	The period (usually given in years) when the weapon was in service.	Line	optional
Used by	used_by	The countries, armed forces, or other groups using the weapon; this may be omitted for weapons employed only in their country of origin.	Line	optional
Wars	wars	Any wars during which the weapon saw service.	Line	optional
Designer	designer	The person or group responsible for designing the weapon.	String	optional
Design date	design_date	The date (usually given as a year) when the weapon was designed.	String	optional
Manufacturer	manufacturer	The manufacturer of the weapon.	String	optional
Unit cost	unit_cost	The unit cost of the weapon; this should only be indicated for weapons currently being produced.	String	optional
Production date	production_date	The period (usually given in years) when the weapon was produced.	String	optional
Number	number	The number of weapons of this type that were manufactured.	Number	optional
Variants	variants	Any variant models of the weapon.	Line	optional
Special label	spec_label	A label for the specifications, to be used when data for a particular variant is indicated; should be left blank otherwise.	String	optional
Weight	weight	The weight of the weapon. For firearms, separate loaded and unloaded weights may be indicated.	Number	optional
Length	length	The total length of the weapon.	Number	optional
Part length	part_length	A secondary length measurement. For firearms, this should be the barrel length; for bladed weapons, the length of the blade or head.	Number	optional
Width	width	The total width of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.	Number	optional
Height	height	The total height of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with larger weapons, such as artillery or vehicles.	Number	optional
Diameter	diameter	The diameter of the weapon, where applicable; this is intended for use with explosives and missiles.	Number	optional
Wingspan	wingspan	For missiles, the wingspan.	String	optional
Crew	crew	For crewed weapons, the number of people required.	Number	optional
Passengers	passengers	For vehicles, the number of passengers carried.	Number	optional
Cartridge	cartridge	For firearms or artillery, the type(s) of cartridge or shell used.	String	optional
Cartridge weight	cartridge_weight	For firearms or artillery, the weight of the cartridge or shell used.	Number	optional
Caliber	caliber	For non-cartridge firearms or artillery, the caliber or interior diameter of the barrel; for cartridge-loaded firearms, caliber is indicated by the cartridge.	Number	optional
Barrels	barrels	For firearms or artillery, the number of distinct barrels; this may be omitted if the weapon is single-barreled.	Number	optional
Action	action	For firearms, the type of action (e.g. flintlock).	String	optional
Rate	rate	The rate of fire. For automatic firearms and auto-loading artillery, this is usually the cyclic rate. For other ranged weapons, an effective rate can be indicated if reputable sources for one are available.	String	optional
Velocity	velocity	For firearms or artillery, the muzzle velocity of the fired projectile.	Number	optional
Range	range	The effective range of the weapon.	Number	optional
Max range	max_range	The maximum range of the weapon; for firearms this should be the maximum sight setting if used.	Number	optional
Feed	feed	For firearms, the feed system or magazine used.	String	optional
Sights	sights	For firearms or artillery, the type of sights used.	String	optional
Breech	breech	For artillery, the type of breech mechanism.	String	optional
Recoil	recoil	For artillery, the recoil system used.	String	optional
Carriage	carriage	For artillery, the type of carriage used.	String	optional
Elevation	elevation	For artillery, the vertical range of possible firing angles.	String	optional
Traverse	traverse	For artillery, the horizontal range of possible firing angles.	String	optional
Blade type	blade_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the blade.	String	optional
Hilt type	hilt_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the hilt.	String	optional
Sheath type	sheath_type	For bladed weapons (e.g. swords), a description of the scabbard or sheath, if any.	String	optional
Head type	head_type	For blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the head.	String	optional
Haft type	haft_type	For blunt or striking weapons (e.g. axes, polearms, or maces), a description of the haft.	String	optional
Filling	filling	The explosive filling material or warhead.	String	optional
filling_weight	filling_weight	The weight of the explosive material or warhead.	Number	optional
Detonation	detonation	the detonation trigger type (e.g. timer, pressure, motion sensor).	String	optional
Yield	yield	For larger explosives, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.	String	optional
Armour	armour	The armour plating of the vehicle; different armour thickness at different points may be indicated if needed.	String	optional
Primary weapon	primary_weapon	The primary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.	String	optional
Secondary weapon	secondary_weapon	The secondary armament mounted on the vehicle, if any.	String	optional
Engine	engine	The type of engine used by the vehicle or missile.	String	optional
Engine power	engine_power	The power output of the engine, usually in hp or kW.	Number	optional
Pw ratio	pw_ratio	The power-to-weight ratio, usually in hp/tonne.	Number	optional
Transmission	transmission	The type of transmission used by the vehicle.	String	optional
Payload capacity	payload_capacity	The overall payload capacity weight of the vehicle.	String	optional
Propellant	propellant	For missiles, the propellant used.	String	optional
Fuel capacity	fuel_capacity	The fuel capacity of the vehicle.	Number	optional
Suspension	suspension	The suspension of the vehicle.	String	optional
Clearance	clearance	The ground clearance of the vehicle.	String	optional
Vehicle range	vehicle_range	The operational range of the vehicle or missile.	String	optional
Ceiling	ceiling	For missiles, the flight ceiling.	String	optional
Altitude	altitude	For missiles, the normal flight altitude.	String	optional
Depth	depth	For underwater weapons such as torpedoes, the maximum operating depth.	String	optional
Boost	boost	For missiles, the maximum boost time.	String	optional
Maximum speed	speed	The maximum speed of the vehicle or missile; this is usually the road speed, but other values may be indicated if appropriate.	Number	optional
Guidance	guidance	The guidance system used by the missile (or the vehicle, if uncrewed).	String	optional
Steering	steering	The steering system used by the missile or vehicle.	String	optional
Accuracy	accuracy	For missiles, the guidance accuracy.	String	optional
Launch platform	launch_platform	For missiles, the launch platform.	String	optional
Transport	transport	For missiles, the transportation vehicle or method, if different from the launch platform.	String	optional

See also

Project userbox

Userbox Styles
1.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
2.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
3.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
4.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
5.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
6.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
7.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.

The {{User WP Guns Member}} userbox can be added to the user page of anyone becoming a member of the project. The userbox is configurable for several different optional colors and layouts. Specifying only {{User WP Guns Member}} without options displays the default userbox shown first in the table on the right.

{{User WP Guns Member
  |color=
  |layout=
}}

Parameters:

• color – "1" through "4", chooses between four different color schemes, show below.
  • 1. White
  • 2. Blue
  • 3. Green
  • 4. Beige

• layout – "1" through "6", chooses among six different layouts as shown on the right.

Alternative userboxes

The template {{WPGUNSMEMBER2}} yields the following.

The template {{WPGUNSMEMBER3}} gives:

Alternate userbox {{User:AliveFreeHappy/userbox/cartridge}} gives:

This user is a member of
WikiProject Firearms (TODO)

Barnstar

{{The Firearms Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Firearm-related articles.

		The Firearms Barnstar
		{{{1}}}

Project banner

The {{WikiProject Firearms}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of any article within the scope of the project. All parameters listed below are optional, however the article should at least be given a class rating.

{{WikiProject Firearms
 |class=
 |importance=
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |needs-image=
 |A-Class=
 |listas=
}}

General parameters:

• class – Denotes the rating for the article based on the quality scale. See the assessment page for more details
• importance - See the assessment page for more details
• attention - "yes" - flags the article as needing immediate attention and adds it to the Firearms articles needing attention category.
• needs-infobox - "yes" - adds article to the Firearms articles needing infoboxes category.
• needs-image - "yes" - adds article to the Wikipedia requested images of firearms category.
• A-Class - "pass", "current", "fail" - denotes that a request for A-Class review is either in progress ("current") or has been completed ("pass" or "fail" according to the review result).

Resources

• Category:Firearms
• Category:WikiProject Firearms
• Category:Unassessed Firearms articles
• Category:Firearms_articles_needing_infoboxes
• Category:Stub-Class Firearms articles
• Category:Start-Class Firearms articles
• Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of firearms‎
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Firearms/Watchlist

Related projects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Weaponry task force

External links

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Firearms

{{Infobox firearm cartridge
| name = 
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| type = 
| origin = 
<!-- Service history -->
| service = 
| used_by = 
| wars = 
<!-- Production history -->
| designer = 
| design_date = 
| manufacturer = 
| production_date = 
| number = 
| variants = 
<!-- Specifications -->
| is_SI_specs = 
| parent = 
| case_type = 
| bullet = 
| bullet_ref = 
| land = 
| land_ref = 
| neck = 
| neck_ref = 
| shoulder = 
| shoulder_ref = 
| base = 
| base_ref = 
| rim_dia = 
| rim_dia_ref = 
| rim_thick = 
| rim_thick_ref = 
| case_length = 
| case_length_ref = 
| length = 
| length_ref = 
| case_capacity = 
| case_capacity_ref = 
| rifling = 
| primer = 
| max_pressure = 
| max_pressure_ref = 
| pressure_method = 
| max_pressure2 = 
| max_pressure2_ref = 
| pressure_method2 = 
| max_pressure3 = 
| max_pressure3_ref = 
| pressure_method3 = 
| max_cup = 
| max_cup_ref = 
| filling = 
| filling_weight = 
| detonation = 
| yield = 
<!-- Ballistic performance -->
| is_SI_ballistics = 
| bwunit = 
| bw1 = 
| btype1 = 
| vel1 = 
| en1 = 
| bw2 = 
| btype2 = 
| vel2 = 
| en2 = 
| bw3 = 
| btype3 = 
| vel3 = 
| en3 = 
| bw4 = 
| btype4 = 
| vel4 = 
| en4 = 
| bw5 = 
| btype5 = 
| vel5 = 
| en5 = 
| test_barrel_length = 
| balsrc = 
}}

Parameters

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE). References for numerically converted parameters (e.g., |bullet=) can be appended using the corresponding ref parameter (e.g., |bullet_ref=). Sources for the ballistic performance table, and more general sources, can be included using the |balsrc= parameter.

General parameters:

• name – the formal name of the cartridge.
• image – optional – an image of the cartridge, should be given in the form Example.jpg.
• image_size – optional – width of image, should be given in the form 300px.
• alt – optional – alternative text describing the image for visually impaired users, see WP:ALT.
• caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
• type – the type of cartridge or its designed use (e.g. "Pistol", "Rifle", "Hunting", etc.).
• origin – the country or place where the cartridgeoriginated or was first manufactured.

Service history parameters:

• service – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the cartridge was in service.
• used_by – optional – the countries, armed forces, or other groups using the cartridge; this may be omitted for cartridges employed only in their country of origin.
• wars – optional – any wars during which the cartridge saw service.

Production history parameters:

• designer – optional – the person or group responsible for designing the cartridge.
• design_date – optional – the date (usually given as a year) when the cartridge was designed.
• manufacturer – optional – the manufacturer of the cartridge.
• production_date – optional – the period (usually given in years) when the cartridge was produced.
• number – optional – the number of cartridge of this type that were manufactured.
• variants – optional – any variant models of the cartridge.

Specification parameters:

• is_SI_specs – optional – "yes" if the specifications are entered in SI units; any other value causes it to be interpreted as English units.
• parent – optional – the cartridge that the cartridge was based on, if any.
• case_type – optional – the type of case used for the cartridge (e.g. rimmed, rimless, straight, bottlenecked, etc.).
• bullet – optional – the diameter of the bullet used in the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• land – optional – the land diameter of the rifling in the barrel, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• neck – optional – the neck diameter of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• shoulder – optional – the shoulder diameter of the cartridge, if any, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• base – optional – the base diameter of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• rim_dia – optional – the rim diamter of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• rim_thick – optional – the rim thickness of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• case_length – optional – the case length of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• length – optional – the overall length of the cartridge, expressed in mm or in; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• case_capacity – optional – the volume of the casing, expressed in cm³ or grains of water; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• rifling – optional – typical rifling to stabilize the bullet fired from the cartridge.
• primer – optional – the type of primer used in the cartridge (e.g. large pistol, small rifle, rimfire, etc.).
• max_pressure – optional – the maximum chamber pressure of the round, expressed in MPa or psi; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• pressure_method – optional – the methodology used to measure pressure, such as SAAMI, CIP, EPVAT, SCATP.
• max_pressure2 – optional as above, second pressure with method
• pressure_method2 – optional as above, second pressure's method
• max_pressure3 – optional as above, third pressure with method
• pressure_method2 – optional as above, third pressure's method
• max_cup – optional – the maximum chamber pressure of the round, expressed in CUP; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas. Note that this parameter is not affected by the is_SI_specs parameter.
• filling – optional – the explosive filling material of the shell, if any.
• filling_weight – optional – the weight of the explosive material of the shell, if any.
• detonation – optional – for explosive shells, the detonation trigger type (e.g. "timer", "pressure", "motion sensor").
• yield – optional – for explosive shells, the yield (in tons of TNT) of the device.

Ballistic performance parameters:

Ballistic data for up to five different weight bullets can be specified; it may be provided in either SI or English units, but this choice must be consistent for all five sets. The x in the field name should be replaced with 1–5 as displayed in the template format shown above (e.g. bw1, bw2, btype1, btype2, vel1, vel2, en1, en2, etc.):

• is_SI_ballistics – optional – "yes" if the energy and velocity ballistics data is entered in SI units; any other value causes it to be interpreted as English units.
• bwunit – optional – "gram" if the weights are given in grams; any other value causes them to be interpreted as grains.
• bwround – optional – specify the number of digits after the decimal point in the converted weight (the default is 0 if not specified; if specified but empty, defaults to the same default as convert).
• bwx – optional – the weight of the bullet for given data, expressed in grams or grains; only include the number, and not the units of measurement.
  • btypex – optional – the type of bullet (e.g. JHP, FMJ, BHP, etc.).
  • velx – required if bw field is specified – velocity of the bullet at the muzzle, expressed in m/s or ft/s; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
  • enx – required if bw field is specified – energy of the bullet at the muzzle, expressed in J or ft·lbf; only include the number, and not the units of measurement, and omit any commas.
• test_barrel_length – optional – the length of the barrel used when generating the ballistics data.
• balsrc – optional – the source from which the ballistics data was obtained.

Project userbox

Userbox Styles
1.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
2.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
3.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
4.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
5.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
6.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.
7.	This user is a member of WikiProject Firearms.

The {{User WP Guns Member}} userbox can be added to the user page of anyone becoming a member of the project. The userbox is configurable for several different optional colors and layouts. Specifying only {{User WP Guns Member}} without options displays the default userbox shown first in the table on the right.

{{User WP Guns Member
  |color=
  |layout=
}}

Parameters:

• color – "1" through "4", chooses between four different color schemes, show below.
  • 1. White
  • 2. Blue
  • 3. Green
  • 4. Beige

• layout – "1" through "6", chooses among six different layouts as shown on the right.

Alternative userboxes

The template {{WPGUNSMEMBER2}} yields the following.

The template {{WPGUNSMEMBER3}} gives:

Alternate userbox {{User:AliveFreeHappy/userbox/cartridge}} gives:

This user is a member of
WikiProject Firearms (TODO)

Barnstar

{{The Firearms Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Firearm-related articles.

		The Firearms Barnstar
		{{{1}}}

Project banner

The {{WikiProject Firearms}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of any article within the scope of the project. All parameters listed below are optional, however the article should at least be given a class rating.

{{WikiProject Firearms
 |class=
 |importance=
 |attention=
 |needs-infobox=
 |needs-image=
 |A-Class=
 |listas=
}}

General parameters:

• class – Denotes the rating for the article based on the quality scale. See the assessment page for more details
• importance - See the assessment page for more details
• attention - "yes" - flags the article as needing immediate attention and adds it to the Firearms articles needing attention category.
• needs-infobox - "yes" - adds article to the Firearms articles needing infoboxes category.
• needs-image - "yes" - adds article to the Wikipedia requested images of firearms category.
• A-Class - "pass", "current", "fail" - denotes that a request for A-Class review is either in progress ("current") or has been completed ("pass" or "fail" according to the review result).

Resources

• Category:Firearms
• Category:WikiProject Firearms
• Category:Unassessed Firearms articles
• Category:Firearms_articles_needing_infoboxes
• Category:Stub-Class Firearms articles
• Category:Start-Class Firearms articles
• Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of firearms‎
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Firearms/Watchlist

Related projects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Weaponry task force

External links

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Firearms