WThe .45 ACP cartridge is a very popular caliber due to its low velocity and relatively high stopping power. This caliber is associated most with the Colt M1911, logically, as ACP literally means 'Automatic Colt Pistol'. However, there are many more guns and variations on the M1911 that are chambered in .45 ACP. This list does not list all of them, just ones that have links to pages on Wikipedia, for further inquiry.
WAn assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies.
WBattle rifles are full-powered rifles, full length, automatic or semi-automatic rifles that have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use, re-designated as DMRs. For intermediate calibers firearms see List of assault rifles.
WBelow is the list of blow-forward weapons
WBolt action rifles are an evolution of the lever-action rifle, offering greater accuracy and stronger receivers. Bolt actions require the user to manually cycle the bolt after each round is fired, and are usually loaded with stripper clips.
WThe following is a list of firearms designed in a bullpup configuration.
WA carbine, from French carabine, is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, including types designed for pistols.
WThis is a list of firearms used in the Chaco War. The Chaco War was fought from 1932-1935 between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region of South America, which was thought to be rich in oil.
WThis is a list of machine guns and their variants.
WThe below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, first developed and used in the 1970s for the M16 rifle, which to date, is the most widely-produced weapon in this caliber. Not all countries that use weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO.
WThis is a list of pistols.
WA semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun which utilizes the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the gun and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing. One round is fired each time the trigger of a semi-automatic pistol is pulled.
WThis is a list of single- and double-action revolvers, listed alphabetically by manufacturer.
WA rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile, imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
WA semi-automatic rifle is a rifle that fires a single round each time the trigger is pulled. They are also known as self-loading rifles ('SLR') or auto-loading rifles.
WA semi-automatic shotgun is a form of shotgun that is able to fire a cartridge after every trigger squeeze, without needing to manually chamber another round.
WThis article is a list of shotguns. Shotguns have traditionally fired iron, stone or lead shot stored in large shells that are normally loaded.
WThis page is a listing of major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world.
WThis is a list of submachine guns. It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDWS), and (Other) "compact submachine gun-like weapons" not easily categorized. Weapons may fit in more than one category.