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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magazine

Military; Firearms

A construction for magazine-fed firearms consisting of a shaped box and a spring-loaded follower to advance ammunition towards the receiver. Most magazines are also equipped with an upper lip to ...

The forward assist is a system, seen almost exclusively on the AR10/15/M4 platform, that consists of a sprung button to allow the operator to correct the firearm in the case of a bolt stoppage or a ...

fluted

Military; Firearms

Fluting is the removal of material around a cylindrical object in order to reduce its weight. In the realm of firearms, fluting is most often seen applied to barrels. Although, in the case of fully ...

drag line

Military; Firearms

The drag line is the ring of surface damage caused by the cylinder stop pin on most revolvers. It is caused by the pin dragging over the surface of the cylinder as it rotates between shots. The ...

Kustom K's

Military; Firearms

A customized airsoft rifle that has been upgraded internally, and features tactical add-ons such as rail interface systems, lasers, lights, verticle grips, etc. Kustom K's was founded in 2016 by ...