enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber_conversion_device

    Shotgun conversion sleeves may be called subgauge inserts, subgauge tubes, or gauge reducers. Sleeves intended for rifle or handgun cartridges may have rifled barrels. Additional variations may allow centerfire weapons to fire rimfire ammunition and/or retain autoloading function with the smaller cartridge.

  3. Polymer-cased ammunition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer-cased_ammunition

    A 12-gauge shotgun shell in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. Polymer-cased ammunition (PCA) is firearm ammunition with casings made from synthetic polymer instead of the typical metallic casing. PCA is considered a new alternative that potentially reduces production cost and weight for long guns and handguns.

  4. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_handgun_and_rifle...

    This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).

  5. Spencer 1882 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_1882

    Annie Oakley posing with a single shot Stevens rifle in hand, with the Spencer shotgun being the right of the two guns leaning on the prop rock. The Spencer 1882 is an early example of pump-action shotgun. It is a hammerless design and uses an unrefined and complex cycling design in which the toggle breech pivots up and down when cycling. [1] [4]

  6. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_(firearms)

    Therefore with a 12-gauge, it would take 12 balls of lead of the same size as the 12 gauge shotgun's inner bore diameter to weigh 1 pound (453.6 g). [5] The term is related to the measurement of cannons, which were also measured by the weight of their iron round shot; an eight-pounder would fire an 8-pound (3.6 kg) ball. Therefore, a 12 gauge ...

  7. Heckler & Koch HK CAWS - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_&_Koch_HK_CAWS

    The chamber was configured to accept the proprietary belted cartridges as well as commercial 12 gauge rounds and the barrel could be fitted with a choke or choked barrel extension. The carry handle covers the cocking handle similar to the AR-10 , and housed an optical sight which could be converted to a rail sight.

  8. Military 12-gauge cartridges - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_12-gauge_cartridges

    Initial production for the Vietnam War loaded 00 buckshot into the same red plastic cases being used for sporting ammunition and was designated: Shell, shotgun, plastic case, 12 gauge, No. 00 buck, XM162. The shells were typically packaged as twelve ten-round cardboard boxes within a metal ammunition box. [1]

  9. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmith

    [citation needed] One of Germany's more distinctive firearm developments is the drilling, a multi-barrel gun that may incorporate a double-barreled shotgun above with a high-powered single-shot barrel below. These typically have highly sophisticated breech mechanisms, precise fitting, and are hand-engraved by artists specializing in this work.