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safety

Military; Firearms

A mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling. Safeties can generally be divided into subtypes such as internal safeties ...

sawed-off shotgun

Military; Firearms

A type of shotgun with a shorter gun barrel and often a shorter or deleted stock.

short-barreled shotgun (sbs)

Military; Firearms

A type of shotgun with a shorter gun barrel and often a shorter or deleted stock.

selective fire

Military; Firearms

A firearm that fires semi–automatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapon's design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire ...

semi-wadcutter (SWC)

Military; Firearms

A type of all-purpose bullet commonly used in revolvers which combines features of the wadcutter target bullet and traditional round nosed revolver bullets, and is used in both ...