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breech pin — noun : breech plug … Useful english dictionary
Breech screw — Breech pin Breech pin , Breech screw Breech screw . A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Breech-loading weapon — naval breech loader. Notice that there is a series of interlocking doors that never permit an open path from the gunhouse, down which a flash might travel, to the magazine.A breech loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun etc.) in which the… … Wikipedia
Firing pin — Fir ing pin In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and explodes it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
firing pin — noun Date: 1874 the pin that strikes the cartridge primer in the breech mechanism of a firearm … New Collegiate Dictionary
firing pin — n. that part in the bolt or breech of a firearm which strikes the primer and explodes the charge … English World dictionary
Pedersen rifle — The Pedersen Rifle, officially known in final form as the T1E3 rifle, was a United States semi automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen that was made in small numbers for testing by the United States Army during the 1920s as part of a program to … Wikipedia
Cartridge (firearms) — From left: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, .22LR. A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm … Wikipedia
Glock pistol — Infobox Weapon name=Glock caption=The Glock 17 (recent production model) origin=flag|Austria type=Semi automatic pistol is ranged=yes service=1980–present used by=See Users wars= designer=Gaston Glock design date=1980 manufacturer=Glock GmbH unit … Wikipedia
small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… … Universalium
