• A rim is an external flange that is machined, cast, molded, stamped, or pressed around the bottom of a firearms cartridge. Thus, rimmed cartridges are...
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  • basketball rim Rim (coin), the raised edge which surrounds the coin design Rim (crater), extending above the local surface Rim (firearms), a projection...
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    A rim-fire (or rimfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from...
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    into the head of the case so the rim is the same diameter as the adjacent part of the case. Most modern automatic firearms use rimless cartridges. Straight-walled...
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  • be altered as long as the rim size is preserved.[citation needed] Rebated-rim cartridges are known to be used on firearms using advanced primer ignition...
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    of firearms thereafter. Pauly made an improved version, protected by a patent, on 29 September 1812. Probably no invention connected with firearms has...
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    repeating firearms with moving bolts, the extractor is often one or a set of hook-like flanges on the bolt head that grab onto the casing's rim, so when...
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    Older firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with...
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  • the firearm, causing the next round to fail to feed, or the slide/bolt to fail to return to battery. A stovepipe is common type of FTE. Firearms without...
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    2008-06-26. "Firearms Glossary". National Rifle Association of America. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Charles Winthrop Sawyer (1920). Firearms in American...
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    section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act 1968 a) All muzzle-loading firearms; b) Breech-loading firearms capable of discharging a rim-fire cartridge other than...
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    The Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) is a UK act of Parliament, controlling use and possession of firearms. Since 1968, the act has been extensively amended...
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    .45 GAP (redirect from .45 GAP firearms)
    designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that would equal the power of...
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  • principles for self-loading firearms include delayed blowback, blow forward, gas operation, and recoil operation. In firearms, a blowback system is generally...
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    both, en-bloc and stripper forms. List of clip-fed firearms Belt (firearms) Glossary of firearms terms Stripper clip Speedloader "Cartridge clip". "Reversible...
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    .284 Winchester (category Rebated rim cartridges)
    The .284 Winchester (7.21x55mmRB) is a rebated rim firearm cartridge, introduced by Winchester in 1963. The .284 Winchester was designed to achieve .270...
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  • In firearms and artillery, the primer (/ˈpraɪmər/) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel...
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  • lever action). Most handguns (firearms with a barrel length under 30 cm (12 in) or overall length under 60 cm (24 in)). Firearms disguised as another item...
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  • propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks. Since 1886, most firearms use smokeless powder. Black powder substitute: A firearm propellant...
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  • Zealand focus mainly on vetting firearm owners, rather than registering firearms or banning certain types of firearms. Firearms legislation is provided for...
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    single action five-shot revolver chambered in .454 Casull to the retail firearms market in 1983. Ruger followed in 1997, chambering its Super Redhawk in...
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    .450 Bushmaster (category Rebated rim cartridges)
    rifle cartridge developed by Tim LeGendre of LeMag Firearms, and licensed to Bushmaster Firearms International. The .450 Bushmaster is designed to be...
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  • carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other...
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    The .32 H&R Magnum, also known as the .32 Magnum, is a rimmed cartridge designed for use in revolvers. It was developed and introduced in 1984 as a joint...
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    United States was met with a rocky start. Federal firearms statutes state that non-sporting firearms may not be over 0.500 inches in bore diameter (measured...
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  • jurisdictions. Countries that regulate access to firearms will typically restrict access to certain categories of firearms and then restrict the categories of persons...
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    is a centerfire pistol cartridge. It is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, initially for use in the...
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  • diameter for .17 caliber firearms generally measure .172 inch (4.37 mm), while the bullet diameter for .22 caliber firearms generally measure .222 inch...
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    Gun barrel (redirect from Muzzle (firearms))
    A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made...
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  • 25-06 | .30-06)". Noreen Firearms. Retrieved 2017-09-28. "BN36 – Long Range Assassin (300 Win Mag | 7mm Rem Mag)". Noreen Firearms. Retrieved 2017-09-28...
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