Short-stroke gas piston firearms

205 firearms that operate by short-stroke gas piston, across every maker and era in the catalogue, each structured the same way.

Remington Model 1100

Introduced: 1963
Weight: 3.60 kg
Barrel: 711 mm

Remington Model 1100 Competition

Introduced: 2011
Weight: 3.74 kg
Barrel: 762 mm

Remington R5 RGP

Introduced: 2012
Weight: 3.15 kg
Barrel: 368 mm

Remington VersaMax

Introduced: 2010
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 660 mm

Rifle, 7.62mm, C1A1

Introduced: 1955
Weight: 4.22 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

Robinson Arms XCR

Introduced: 2006
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 407 mm

Rock-Ola M1 Carbine

Introduced: 1943
Weight: 2.48 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

Ruger AC-556

Introduced: 1976
Weight: 2.89 kg
Barrel: 470 mm

Ruger AC-556F

Introduced: 1980
Weight: 2.89 kg
Barrel: 470 mm

Ruger Mini-14 GB

Introduced: 1976
Weight: 2.90 kg
Barrel: 470 mm

SA80

Introduced: 1985
Weight: 4.98 kg
Barrel: 518 mm

SAR 21 Sharpshooter

Introduced: 2003
Weight: 3.82 kg
Barrel: 508 mm

SIG 516 G3

Introduced: 2026
Weight: 3.49 kg
Barrel: 406 mm

SIG MCX Spear

Introduced: 2022
Weight: 3.80 kg
Barrel: 330 mm

SIG SG 553

Introduced: 2005
Weight: 3.00 kg
Barrel: 226 mm

SIG Sauer MPX

Introduced: 2013
Weight: 2.72 kg
Barrel: 203 mm

SIG Sauer MPX Copperhead

Introduced: 2018
Weight: 2.00 kg
Barrel: 89 mm

SIG Sauer MPX K

Introduced: 2015
Weight: 2.27 kg
Barrel: 114 mm

SIG Sauer XM8 Carbine

Introduced: 2026
Weight: 3.33 kg
Barrel: 279 mm

SKS Paratrooper (Type 56 PARA)

Introduced: 1956
Weight: 3.50 kg
Barrel: 419 mm

SKS-D (Type 56 Model D)

Introduced: 1991
Weight: 3.85 kg
Barrel: 521 mm

SR-3M Vikhr

Introduced: 2000
Weight: 2.20 kg
Barrel: 156 mm

ST Kinetics BMCR

Introduced: 2014
Weight: 2.90 kg
Barrel: 368 mm

SVCh (Chukavin)

Introduced: 2017
Weight: 4.20 kg
Barrel: 600 mm

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