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  2. Firearm maintenance - Wikipedia

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    These kits will give you the necessary tools and materials to properly clean your firearm safely and effectively. [4] These kits help keep your firearm stay maintained and properly lubricated, making the firearm last longer without failure. However, pre-made cleaning kits often do not contain everything a specialty gun owner may want or need.

  3. Revolver 1882, 1882/1929 - Wikipedia

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    It was designed by Colonel Rudolph Schmidt The revolver was designed to use the black powder 7.5 millimeter round. The 1882 was a simple and effective design. Model 1882 with serial numbers under 20,000 were fitted with vulcanized rubber grips.

  4. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    The case will also contain the charge of smokeless gunpowder, or sometimes black powder, and will be topped off by the projectile. Anti-glare: A grooved/textured surface detail found above the barrel to deflect light from affecting target aqquisition. Assault rifle: A service rifle capable of select fire, that fires intermediate cartridges.

  5. Gunpowder - Wikipedia

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    The term black powder was coined in the late 19th century, primarily in the United States, to distinguish prior gunpowder formulations from the new smokeless powders and semi-smokeless powders. Semi-smokeless powders featured bulk volume properties that approximated black powder, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and combustion ...

  6. Cleaning rod - Wikipedia

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    A cleaning rod is a firearm maintenance tool that can be used to clean the inside (bore) of a gun's barrel, and is made in different sizes for use on different barrel lengths, calibers and gauges. It is a sturdy, long, thin, straight rod typically made of metal, rigid plastic or carbon fiber , and usually has a handle at one end for gripping ...

  7. Primer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In firearms and artillery, the primer (/ ˈ p r aɪ m ər /) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel the projectiles out of the gun barrel. In early black powder guns such as muzzleloaders, the primer was essentially the same chemical as the main propellant (albeit usually in a finer ...

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  9. Dreyse needle gun - Wikipedia

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    Because the rifle used black powder, residue accumulated at the back of the barrel, making cleaning necessary after about 60–80 shots. This was not a large problem because the individual soldier carried fewer cartridges than that and Dreyse created an "air chamber" by having a protruding needle tube.