HK SL7
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The H&K SL7 is a roller-delayed blowback operated sporting carbine
made by Heckler & Koch
. It is manufactured in 7.62×51mm
caliber. It was designed and marketed throughout the world as a hunting/utility rifle.
The SL7 is no longer manufactured, having been replaced by the H&K SLB 2000.
.
The H&K 770, a sporting rifle
variant of the H&K SL7, lacked the wooden handguard of the SL7 and was equipped with a longer barrel
, open rear leaf sights
, and sporting-style buttstock
Carbine
A carbine , from French carabine, is a longarm similar to but shorter than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full rifles, firing the same ammunition at a lower velocity due to a shorter barrel length....
made by Heckler & Koch
Heckler & Koch
Heckler & Koch GmbH is a German defense manufacturing company that produces various small arms. Some of their products include the SA80, MP5 submachine gun, G3 automatic rifle, the G36 assault rifle, the HK 416, the MP7 personal defense weapon, the USP series of handguns, and the high-precision...
. It is manufactured in 7.62×51mm
7.62×51mm NATO
The 7.62×51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries...
caliber. It was designed and marketed throughout the world as a hunting/utility rifle.
The SL7 is no longer manufactured, having been replaced by the H&K SLB 2000.
Variants
The H&K SL6 is similar in appearance to the H&K SL7, but is chambered for the 5.56×45mm caliberCaliber
In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it....
.
The H&K 770, a sporting rifle
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves 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...
variant of the H&K SL7, lacked the wooden handguard of the SL7 and was equipped with a longer barrel
Gun barrel
A gun barrel is the tube, usually metal, through which a controlled explosion or rapid expansion of gases are released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at a high velocity....
, open rear leaf sights
Iron sight
Iron sights are a system of shaped alignment markers used as a sighting device to assist in the aiming of a device such as a firearm, crossbow, or telescope, and exclude the use of optics as in telescopic sights or reflector sights...
, and sporting-style buttstock