Firearms

Firearms

Guns such as pistols or rifles that use explosives to shoot bullets. These are usually small arms as compared to big weapon systems such as artillery cannons or missiles.

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Firearms

Any exercise in which a realistic scenario for the use of specific equipment is simulated. In the popular lexicon this is applied primarily to tests of weapons or weapon systems that are associated ...

lug

Military; Firearms

Any piece that projects from a firearm for the purpose of attaching something to it. For example barrel lugs are used to attach a break-action shotgun barrel to the action itself. If the firearm is a ...

machine gun

Military; Firearms

A fully automatic mounted or portable firearm.

machine pistol

Military; Firearms

A handgun-style fully automatic or burst-mode firearm.

machine revolver

Military; Firearms

A revolver that uses the energy of firing for cocking the hammer and revolving the cylinder, rather than using manual operations to perform these actions (more correctly, a semi-automatic revolver).

magazine

Military; Firearms

A magazine is an ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a repeating firearm. Magazines may be integral to the firearm (fixed) or removable (detachable). The magazine functions by ...

match grade

Military; Firearms

Firearm parts and ammunition that are suitable for a competitive match. This refers to parts that are designed and manufactured such that they have a relatively tight-tolerances and high level of ...