An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers...

A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading...

In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breechloading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts, and ejects) the...

"automatic". An automatic (or "fully automatic") firearm automatically re-cocks, reloads, and fires as long as the trigger is depressed. An automatic firearm...

A firearm malfunction is the failure of a firearm to operate as intended for causes other than user error. Malfunctions range from temporary and relatively...

barrels, and automatic firearms, including machine guns. Older firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless...

development of fully-automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Mannlicher's designs contributed to the evolution of later firearms, including the Browning...

Firearms regulation in Switzerland allows the acquisition of semi-automatic, and – with a may-issue permit – fully automatic firearms, by Swiss citizens...

the firearm by the learner to confirm the learner is abiding by the required Gun safety rules. Prohibited firearms are: any fully automatic firearm; cannon...

and shootings, such as handguns and other types of concealable firearms. Semi-automatic rifle designs which are derived from service rifles, sometimes...

In a firearm, the sear is the part of the trigger mechanism that holds the hammer, striker, or bolt back until the correct amount of pressure has been...

marketing term used by the firearms industry to describe modular semi-automatic rifles including AR-15s. Today, nearly every major firearm manufacturer produces...

with a restricted firearm (which includes handguns) is prohibited. Handgun registration became law in 1934, and automatic firearms registration was added...

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fully-automatic firearms owned by private citizens in the U.S., political scientist Earl Kruschke said "approximately 175,000 automatic firearms have been...

their semi-automatic firearm look-alike counterparts—the semi-automatic version is specifically constructed to reject the fully automatic trigger group...

airguns and imitation firearms. These weapons are subject to general prohibition: Automatic or burst-fire firearms Semi-automatic or pump-action rifles...

self-loading firearms can be categorized into automatic and semi-automatic firearms. A semi-automatic firearm is a self-loading repeating firearm whose action...

or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms and...

Automatic shotgun Personal defense weapon Semi-automatic firearm Martonik, Kurt (2023-06-19). "The Automatic Shotgun, or Autoloader, and How It Evolved". Free...

the Colt Monitor machine rifle, remains the lightest production automatic firearm chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, though the limited...

An automatic shotgun is an automatic firearm that fires shotgun shells (thereby making it a shotgun) and uses some of the energy of each shot to automatically...

fireworks, bows and arrows, slingshots, spears, and nunchucks. Semi-automatic firearms that the state has classified as assault weapons, .50 BMG caliber...

actions. As semi-automatic firearms, the shooter must manually operate the trigger to discharge each shot. Examples of genuine semi-automatic revolvers are...

a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as certain ammunition...

selector with positions from safe to semi-automatic to full-automatic fire (e.g. M16 rifle). Some firearms manufactured after the late 1990s and early...

every modern semi-automatic pistol, as well as several modern fully automatic weapons. He also developed the first gas-operated firearm, the Colt–Browning...

this container until use. Selective fire A firearm that fires semi–automatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the...

"high-capacity magazines". With the increased use of semi-automatic and automatic firearms, the detachable magazine became increasingly common. Soon after...

Military-style semi-automatic firearms in New Zealand are those semi-automatic firearms known in the United States as "assault weapons". The phrase is...