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== '''Winchester lever-action rifle ''' ==
=== Film ===
* Name a [[Western]], any Western.
* In ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' and ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Clint Eastwood's character carries a "Hollywood Henry" (a 1866 Winchester modified as mentioned above).
* [[The Big Guy|Lord]] [[Badass Longcoat|Bowler]] in ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'' uses a sawn-off version, identical to the one used by Steve McQueen in ''Wanted: Dead or Alive''.▼
** Zoe in ''[[Firefly]]'' uses one (the same prop gun as in "Brisco") - [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]].▼
▲* In ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' and ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Clint Eastwood's character carries a "Hollywood Henry" (a 1866 Winchester modified as mentioned above).
* Namegiver of and found in a bar in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''.
=== Live-Action TV ===
▲* In ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'' [[The Big Guy|Lord]] [[Badass Longcoat|Bowler]]
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=== Video Games ===
* Vincent can use three Winchester rifles in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. In addition to a standard Winchester Model 1894, he has access to a "Mare's Leg" version called the "Shortbarrel", and the "Sniper CR" which is simply the Shortbarrel with a sniper scope attached.
* ''Smokin' Guns'' has 1866 Model as the cheapest rifle (it has lower rate of fire than Colt Lightning, but otherwise as good).
== '''M1 Garand''' ==
'''M1 Garand'''<br />Any [[World War II]] movie featuring Americans will feature this rifle. One of the first semi-automatic weapons fielded by a major army, it fired 8 rounds of .30-06 from its internal clip-fed magazine<ref>The original design had a 10-round clip, weighed a pound less, and fired a 7mm cartridge called .276 Pedersen. But Douglas MacArthur, at the time the Army Chief of Staff, decided that replacing the literally ''billions'' of .30-06 rounds already in the inventory would be too expensive (given that it was the middle of [[The Great Depression]], he had a point) and ordered that the Garand be redesigned to fire the existing ammo.</ref>, and continues to be a sticking point among people trying to explain the difference between a clip and a magazine, as one of the few examples of a clip being physically inserted into a weapon. Legendary durability was a plus, too, though the gun had a nasty snap to it's action that lead to a common complaint known as "rifleman's thumb" or more simply "M1 thumb." Commonly said to have the "disadvantage" that the ejecting en-bloc clip made a distinctive ping when it hit the ground; in practice this was not nearly as large a problem as is often believed, since the ping was usually drowned out by gunfire, only occurred on hard surfaces, and the rifleman with a Garand reloaded more quickly and fired faster than any opponent with a Mauser-derivative could hope to. Not to mention the fact that war is not fought as a one-on-one duel, and it's generally unlikely for the entire squad to run out of ammo at the same time. In fact, some riflemen took advantage of this quirk, whereby they would intentionally make the pinging noise to tempt enemies out of cover. Some Italian versions (the Beretta [[BM 59]]) with detachable box magazines were produced after World War II, and for a time were the standard rifle of the Italian Army. With the advent of automatic rifles, the American military tried to convert the M1 into into the M14 battle rifle. Even by changing the ammo from .30-06 to .308 Winchester / 7.62x51 NATO, it turned out to be too much dakka. This was noted, sadly, after it was instituted as a standard rifle round. Italy had the same problem with their full-auto [[BM 59]] models, meaning that in practice only semi-auto was actually used. The M1 itself stayed in service through Korea and was still in limited use in Vietnam, especially the M1D sniper variant with a fitted scope. Garands served with other military elements well into the 70s, and are still used by military drill teams even today.▼
Any [[World War II]] movie featuring Americans will feature this rifle. One of the first semi-automatic weapons fielded by a major army, it fired 8 rounds of .30-06 from its internal clip-fed magazine<ref>The original design had a 10-round clip, weighed a pound less, and fired a 7mm cartridge called .276 Pedersen. But Douglas MacArthur, at the time the Army Chief of Staff, decided that replacing the literally ''billions'' of .30-06 rounds already in the inventory would be too expensive (given that it was the middle of [[The Great Depression]], he had a point) and ordered that the Garand be redesigned to fire the existing ammo.</ref>, and continues to be a sticking point among people trying to explain the difference between a clip and a magazine, as one of the few examples of a clip being physically inserted into a weapon. Legendary durability was a plus, too, though the gun had a nasty snap to it's action that lead to a common complaint known as "rifleman's thumb" or more simply "M1 thumb." Modern shooters and those who dealt with the scoped variant note the M1 is quite an inaccurate rifle.
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Today the Civilian Marksmanship Program sells surplus Garands to qualifying civilians, available in both 30.06 and 7.62 NATO. Their age, "featureless" appearance, and low capacity makes it one of the few 50 State legal semi-autos, and easily one of the more popular for those living in them. [https://www.forgottenweapons.com/garand-pronunciation/ According to John Garand himself] in the September 1943 issue of American Rifleman, it is '''not''' pronounced "ga-rand", but rhymes with errand.
* '''Cool Action:''' The Garand literally has a cool action; you're guaranteed to see close-ups of it cycling if the movie focuses on anyone firing it even slightly. Coolest and most exaggerated is the ejection of the empty en-bloc clip as the last round is fired, which in a movie will typically produce an almighty "SHIIIING!" noise almost as loud as the actual gunshots.
* '''Cool Accessory:''' Like most main infantry rifles of its era, it could be used to launch rifle grenades with a blank cartridge. The ability to launch a variety of payloads made it quite popular, particularly the anti-tank grenades which were less clumbersome than a bazooka with most of the range and power while letting you keep a rifle and capable of indirect fire. Initially a cumbersome conversion to do under fire, by late war this was refined enough one could quickly switch between grenade fire and semi-auto fire.
=== Film ===
* Any [[WW 2]] movie featuring the Americans; the Garand is if anything a little ''too'' common, often displacing the Springfield M1903 rifle which was still issued in fairly high quantities.
* During the Omaha Beach scene of ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', special closeups are given of M1-equipped members of [[The Squad]] returning fire, complete with loud empty-clip ejections.
=== Reality TV ===
* Whenever they need a gun with some serious power, the ''Mythbusters'' will often use a Garand, as it avoids California's many laws.▼
=== Video Games ===
* Videogames often reproduce the peculiar "ping" noise when it runs out, but almost always make the mistake of attributing it to the weapon's mechanism, so the gun pings when it fires the last bullet rather than when the empty clip hits the ground... and as such it happens even when the player is standing on soft terrain.▼
* In videogames, it's the weapon most likely to ''not'' follow the [[One Bullet Clips]] rule, and will usually be impossible to reload without shooting off the entire en-bloc clip first. [[Truth in Television]], as it was notoriously hard to insert cartridges into the magazine while under any kind of pressure, and American soldiers were typically instructed to simply fire off any remaining rounds rather than try. While ejecting a partially-spent clip was possible using the clip latch, the Manual of Arms for the weapon stipulated that the soldier should instead fire until the current clip was empty and reload a fresh one.
* Vietnam examples are a little rarer since the M16 tends to take the spotlight; a rare videogame example appears in the ''Vietcong'' games, with the player able to choose the M1D sniper version.
* Every World War II-based ''[[Call of Duty]]'' game features this extensively. ''World at War'' includes the sniper-scope attachment in multiplayer. It also faithfully reproduces the complex reload-from-partially-empty-clip nature of the weapon (the other games don't let you manually reload it at all), making it take longer to reload from that state than to just fire off the last 2 or so rounds and then insert a fresh clip.
▲* Whenever they need a gun with some serious power, the ''Mythbusters'' will often use a Garand.
* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' it can be acquired as a unique weapon, named "This Machine". Unsurprisingly, it's a virtual [[Game Breaker]], firing the .308 round, and having a good fire rate, clip size, and accuracy. The Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC [[Dummied Out|(re)]]adds in the non-unique version known as the "Battle Rifle".▼
▲* Videogames often reproduce the peculiar "ping" noise when it runs out, but almost always make the mistake of attributing it to the weapon's mechanism, so the gun pings when it fires the last bullet rather than when the empty clip hits the ground... and as such it happens even when the player is standing on soft terrain.
▲* Every World War II-based ''[[Call of Duty]]'' game features this extensively. ''World at War'' includes the sniper-scope attachment in multiplayer. It also faithfully reproduces the complex reload-from-partially-empty-clip nature of the weapon (the other games don't let you manually reload it at all), making it take longer to reload from that state than to just fire off the last 2 or so rounds and then insert a fresh clip.
▲* In [[Fallout: New Vegas]] it can be acquired as a unique weapon, named "This Machine". Unsurprisingly, it's a virtual [[Game Breaker]], firing the .308 round, and having a good fire rate, clip size, and accuracy. The Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC [[Dummied Out|(re)]]adds in the non-unique version known as the "Battle Rifle".
* Available in the 1.13 mod for ''[[Jagged Alliance]] 2''. The in-game gun website even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the ridiculousness.
{{quote|If you have an M1 Garand for some reason, here's some ammo for it.}}
* One of the weapons available for player use in ''[[
* ''Day of Defeat'' - used by Allies in Rifleman class (without bayonet, but with [[Butt Stroke]] as [[Secondary Fire]]). "Ping" is here, even the Ammo indicator pictogram shows open clips. Damage is less than for K98, but rate of fire is much better.
* Featured in the universally standard ''Hard Life'' mod for ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]''. While it is inaccurate for a battle rifle, but will likely be found in better condition than comparable long-guns early in the game.
== '''M1 Carbine''' ==
=== Film ===
* Almost every WWII movie, ''ever''. Usually seen anachronistically with post-war bayonet lug and upgraded sights, as M1 Carbines that escaped the upgrades are comparatively rare.
* [[Indiana Jones]] (and various mooks) in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''.
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* Almost everyone in ''[[The Green Berets]]''.
* Infamously, was the weapon wielded by Patty Hearst, when she was [[Your Mileage May Vary|brainwashed]] into aiding the Symbionese Liberation Army. Also, ''Ebony'' magazine once published a famous photo of Malcolm X covering a window with one, when his split with the Nation of Islam turned nasty.
=== Video Games ===
* Unlocked for multiplayer in ''[[Call of Duty|Call of Duty: World at War]]'' at level 65, or level 1 for players who pre-ordered the game. It has the highest damage and magazine capacity of its weapon type.
* ''Day of Defeat'' - depending on the version, used by Allies (American with more than 2 team sets) Staff Sergeant/Paratrooper Staff Sergeant (as M1A1)/Rocket classes. Rate of fire is so high that it's almost as fast as SMG if you mash the button.
== '''Simonov SKS Carbine''' ==
=== Film ===
▲'''Simonov SKS Carbine'''<br />The SKS was designed and fielded in the last days of [[World War 2]]. Firing the intermediate 7.62x39mm round (which is known for being the same caliber used by the AK-47), it was soon replaced by AK pattern weapons and ultimately forgotten in the Soviet Union. It went on to have quite a long career in the People's Republic of China, the Democratic Peoples' Republic of North Korea, the Democratic (later Socialist) Republic of Vietnam and numerous other former Soviet client states, and it is still quite a popular gun around the world today. Visually, it is very similar to the SVT-40, although not quite as pretty, a good bit lighter, and 8 inches shorter. The SKS features a fixed magazine with a capacity of 10 rounds which can be filled either by clips, or one at a time. The SKS is slightly more powerful and accurate than the AK because it features a longer barrel and better sights. Most have bayonets that fold underneath the barrel, or at least originally did; some (especially from China) had the bayonet removed prior to import. [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|When the Communist Bloc fell]], all of a sudden, it was suddenly available for very cheap with crates of Soviet and Chinese ammunition (Soviet variants qualified for "Curio and Relic" status, as do Yugoslavian ones (most of which have an attachment for firing rifle grenades via blank ammo, which is mostly useless since grenades are illegal but which has spawned a popular golf ball launcher attachment), along with the ultra-rare East German<ref>Most of which are reputed to currently be in a warehouse in Croatia, of all places.</ref>, North Korean and Vietnamese versions, which bypassed some restrictions, and the fixed magazine meant that they were not at all affected under the [[American Gun Politics|Clinton Assault Weapons Ban of 1994),]] and a large number of people found that the ballistics matched up nicely with those of the .30-30 Winchester 1894 (the "poor man's deer rifle" of the previous century). Frequently susceptible to being "bubba'd" with optical sights (The rifles are accurate out to 400M, although putting scopes on them is rather pointless), "tactical" accessories (or "tacticool", as some disparagingly call them; these include jam-happy aftermarket detachable magazines) and camo paint. Now it's a favorite of both hunters, as well as mall ninjas on too low a budget for an AR-15. It is also a moderately popular choice of Home Defense weapon, being easy to use, easy to bring to bear, and firing a relatively more powerful round than handguns, shotgun pellets, and the AR-15.
* Rebels in ''[[Tropic Thunder]]''.
* NVA forces in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'', ''[[Born On the Fourth of July]]'', and many more movies set in Vietnam ([[Truth in Television]], as the design was exported to nearly all Communist nations).
* Afghan villagers in ''[[Rambo III]]''.
=== Video Games ===
* A very good long-range rifle in ''7.62 High Calibre'', including permanently attached bayonet.
* Appears in ''[[Battlefield 3]]'''s multiplayer mode as a mid-range sniper rifle, equipped with just about every single one of the aforementioned "bubba" accessories.
* Featured in ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]''. It is more prominent in the ''Hard Life'' mod thanks to its new license system: Permission to own normal capacity magazines in the government controlled areas requires extensive favor with the police and its clip feeding is far faster than juggling 10 round magazines. Compatibility with common Soviet scopes and high accuracy also contribute to its effectiveness.
== '''Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE)''' ==
=== Film ===
* Anything set in World War 2 and featuring the British ''should'' feature this weapon, though sometimes they are shown using American weapons instead.
* Features in ''[[Kokoda]]'' which is to be expected considering it's about the Australian forces on the Kokoda Track during WWII.
* The Desmond Bagley novel ''Flyaway'' has a lengthy scene where an accountant who's never handled a weapon in his life works out how to fire an SMLE, whereupon he blows the [[Big Bad]]'s head off.
=== Video Games ===
* Another weapon featured prominently in the ''[[Call of Duty]]'' games. Like the Garand, it is one of the few weapons not to follow the same [[One Bullet Clips]] rule as the other rifles, due to carrying double the ammo.
* ''Day of Defeat'' - British Rifleman (with bayonet, as [[Secondary Fire]]) and British Marksman (with scope, as [[Secondary Fire]]) use them.
== '''Mosin-Nagant''' ==
* Most movies and videogames that feature the Soviet Union during World War 2 will feature the Mosin-Nagant. Often also a first choice weapon for [[Cold Sniper]] characters, sometimes to emphasize their [[Good Old Ways|distrust of modern technology]].▼
* Famously unbalanced as a sniper weapon in the original ''[[Call of Duty]]'' due to being the only scoped rifle to reload with a stripper clip (in real life the scope placement prevented this). Even the basic rifle had the best iron sight in the game.▼
=== Film ===
▲* Most movies and videogames that feature the Soviet Union during World War 2 will feature the Mosin-Nagant. Often also a first choice weapon for [[Cold Sniper]] characters, sometimes to emphasize their [[Good Old Ways|distrust of modern technology]]. Which is mostly not true, given that Red Army had a lot of SMG before German invasion, and by the end of war was saturated with them, sometimes too much.
* Has a big role in ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]''. Naturally, since the movie ''is'' about Vasily Zaitsev.
* The sniper rifle used by The End in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' is a modified Nagant with a pistol grip and folding stock, modified to fire tranquilizer rounds.▼
=== Literature ===
** It appears again in ''[[Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' as well.▼
* ''In the underground you can meet only rats'' (memoirs of Pyotr Grigorenko) described a scene late in the war (in Hungary) when an [[Old Soldier]] the author assigned as his bodyguard repeatedly refused to take a submachinegun because it's useless at mere 200 meters, and on the open before the enemy is close enough for SMG, he can pick off "them all" - and then backed it up with marksmanship. He stopped a counterattack on his own, by shooting enemy soldiers without haste, "one shot - one hit", deliberately going for light injuries only. With complete impunity, because they all carried SMG, too. Starting the second magazine, he commented on what sustained rifle fire without misses does to the troop morale. On the third magazine, everyone in his sector was squeezing into the ground.
=== Video Games ===
▲* Famously unbalanced as a sniper weapon in the original ''[[Call of Duty]]'' due to being the only scoped rifle to reload with a stripper clip (in real life the scope placement prevented this). Even the basic rifle had the best iron sight in the game.
▲* The sniper rifle used by The End in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is a modified Nagant with a pistol grip and folding stock, modified to fire tranquilizer rounds.
▲** It appears again in ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' as well.
* One of the first rifles available in ''7.62 High Calibre''. It's very powerful and accurate, even compared to later rifles, but features a very long refire time (1.8 seconds in a game where less than 1 second is the standard) and an equally long reload time, to reflect the bolt-action nature of the gun. Also available in the Mosin-Nagant 1944 Carbine, with permanently attached bayonet, and the ''unbelievably'' common Sawed-Off Mosin-Nagant 1944, which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] (and also less powerful and less accurate, while being just as slow-firing and slow-reloading).
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* Loads of variants, including the Obrez, appear in ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]''
== '''Mauser Bolt-Action Rifle Series''' ==
* '''Cool scope''': The standard German scope reticle is most often associated with sniper versions of the Kar 98, and after the Dragunov's PSO-1 is probably the most recognizable rifle scope reticule in media. It consists of a horizontal bar with a break in the middle and a vertical one which goes from the bottom of the scope to the middle, with a triangular top. You'll often see a [[Cold Sniper]] staring down one of these in a World War 2 movie or a Mafia hit.
=== Film ===
* The Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k are iconic mook weapons for movies set during World War I or II. Somewhat less commonly, Gewehr 98's are seen as an IRA weapon in movies depicting the Irish Civil War ([[Truth in Television]]).
=== Video Games ===
* The [[World War II]] iterations of the [[Medal of Honor]] and [[Call of Duty]] video game series feature the 98k quite heavily.
* In [[Public Enemies]], Christian Bale carries a Model 98 Sporter.
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' features the Spanish Mauser, as well as the Czech vz. 24 model. The latter was commonly used by the real-life Nazis after they conquered Czechoslovakia; since it was the same length as the K98k and many of the parts interchanged, for once their affinity for captured weapons ''didn't'' introduce another logistical nightmare.
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' features the Chinese Type Zhongzheng licensed copy.
* ''Day of Defeat'' - Karabiner 98 is carried by German Grenadier (with bayonet, as [[Secondary Fire]]) and Scharfschütze (with scope, as [[Secondary Fire]]) classes.
* Appears in ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' mod ''Hard Life''. Its proprietary ammo and several other problems render it questionable even early game.
== '''Mannlicher-Schönauer Full Stock Carbine''' ==
=== Film ===
▲'''Mannlicher-Schönauer Full Stock Carbine'''<br />Although based on a military rifle designed for export and adopted by the Greek Army by 1906 (why the [[Perpetual Poverty|chronically underfunded]] Greek Army adopted a rifle that every other army regarded as too expensive is unclear), this superb hunting bolt-action rifle-carbine had been built directly for the civilian market beginning in 1903. It had a complex action with rotary magazine and split receiver and fired proprietary Mannlicher ammo, either 6.5x54mm (M1903), 8x56mm (M1908), 9x56mm (M1905) or 9x57mm (M1910), though non-proprietary chamberings like 7x57mm Mauser and .30-06 were eventually offered. It acquired a brilliant reputation as a hunting rifle either in the Alps, British Isles or Africa, fired by such figures as [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[Great White Hunter|WDM "Karamojo" Bell]] and proving it could take even the largest African Elephant with a well-placed shot. The action was the smoothest bolt-action in recorded history and the features that made the gun instantly recognizable also betrayed it as an "aristocratic" weapon: short length, full stock, very straight bolt operation, flat bolt handle and precise triggers told the gun has been aimed to be carried in a saddle sheath and used in hunting on horseback, like upper class hunters did. It stood in production until 1972.
* In the TV show ''[[Ramar
* Amon Goeth uses one to take potshots at his Jewish workers in ''[[Schindler's List]]''.
** The film character played by [[Ralph Fiennes]] had a [https://web.archive.org/web/20190814112206/http://www.answersfrommen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ralph-fiennes-schindlers-list.jpg full length barrel version], not a full-stock rifle-carbine. [[Real Life]] [http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/imgamon-goeth3.jpg Goeth]{{Dead link}} had the ubiquitous Mauser 98k of the German Army.
* British brigadier Lord Lovat uses one to lead his men onto Sword Beach in ''[[The Longest Day]]''.
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