A falling-block action (also known as a sliding-block or dropping-block action) is a single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides...

principal types of dropping block: the tilting or pivoting block and the falling or sliding block. In a tilting or pivoting block action, the breechblock is hinged...

principal types of dropping block: the tilting block and the falling block. In a tilting block or pivoting block action, the breechblock is hinged on...

but not adopted. Bolt action Lever action Pump action Break action Falling-block action Semi-automatic rifle Rolling-block action U.S. patent 37501A "Remington...

The Winchester Model 1885 is a single-shot rifle with a falling-block action. It was principally designed by John Browning. Two models were produced, the...

as was the common approach with rifles. Although most falling-blocks were single-shot actions, some early repeaters used this design, notably the Norwegian...

The Farquharson Rifle is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed and patented by John Farquharson (1833-1893), of Daldhu, Scotland...

Olin Corporation and Browning, the Winchester's famed lever-action and falling-block action rifles. The company's flagship product, the MK38 Teague, has...

firearms such as falling block and rolling block actions. This compactness results in reductions in weight and size compared to larger actions; this can also...

No. 1 is a single-shot rifle with a Farquharson-style hammerless falling-block action, introduced and manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. since 1967. An...

1890 until 1943. The rifles used a falling-block action (sometimes called a tilting-block, dropping-block, or drop-block) and were chambered in a variety...

bolt action rifles Automatic rifle Blowback operated Blow forward operated Recoil operated Gas operated Break action Falling block action Lever action Pump...

The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing...

Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing...

notably the lever action Winchester Model 1887 and the Model 1897 pump shotgun, the falling-block single-shot Model 1885, and the lever-action Model 1886, Model...

plant in New Haven. The production of Model 1885 falling block action, Model 1892 and Model 1886 lever-action rifles are produced under licensed agreement...

which opened the breech and ejected the spent cartridge casing. The breech block was then arrested in the rear position, remaining opened for the gunner...

A breechblock (or breech block) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a breech loading weapon (whether small arms or artillery) before...

(firearms) Doglock Flintlock mechanism Bolt action Lever-action Pump-action Break-action Falling-block action Rolling block Semi-automatic rifle Holmes, Robert...

ammunition, a programming system was introduced in the cannon's falling-block action, as well as a fire control system and electronic cannon trigger assembly...

hunting generally fall into three categories: Falling-block action Break-barrel action Single-shot bolt action Single-shot firearms when used for hunting...

shown in the photograph). The Krag–Petersson repeating rifle has a falling block action, i.e. the breechblock moves downwards as the mechanism is opened...

firearm is incapable of discharging a round. Falling block action sliding-block action A single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides...

rifle CZ-38, prototype semi-automatic rifle Falling-block action Rolling block Break action Bolt action Rotating bolt "How a Tilting Bolt Works - YouTube"...

the name referring to the height of the side walls of the action alongside the falling block and the hammer. There were two major high wall variants and...

civilian arms. Francotte-Martini rifle, single shot breachloader with falling block action. Made after 1865, it was an unlicenced derivative of the Peabody...

and live-action series targeting an adult audience. The block's content includes original programming, which are particularly comedies and action series...

Gibbs–Farquharson–Metford single shot rifles built on the Farquharson falling block action, although Gibbs also built double rifles with Metford barrels chambering...

shotguns, over and under, falling-block single rifles, and bolt-action rifles based on Mauser 98 and several other modern actions. They have produced small...

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