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  2. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...

  3. List of 3D-printed weapons and parts - Wikipedia

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    During testing, the bullet penetrated a 2×12 piece of pine wood, creating a hole in a wire reel. [66] 3DX [68] [69] muzzle brake July 2013 [68] Muzzle device: AR-15 rifle muzzle brake [68] DMLS w/ Inconel [68] Sintercore [68].223 Rem/ 5.56x45: Designed to tame the recoil and muzzle rise of an AR-15 semi automatic rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm ...

  4. Gunstock war club - Wikipedia

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    The gunstock club or gun stock war club is an indigenous weapon used by many Native American groupings, named for its similar appearance to the wooden stocks of muskets and rifles of the time. [1] Gunstock clubs were most predominantly used by Eastern Woodland , Central and Northern Plains tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries.

  5. Richmond rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Richmond rifle was a rifled ... Attempts were made to harvest stock blanks in North ... barrel to use shorter pieces of wood considered unsuitable for normal ...

  6. Homemade firearm - Wikipedia

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    Receiver blanks in various stages of completion. Receiver blanks are often used in the manufacture of privately made firearms. A homemade firearm, also called a ghost gun or privately made firearm, is a firearm made by a private individual, in contrast to one produced by a corporate or government entity. [1]

  7. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Rifle bedding: A process of filling gaps between the action and the stock of a rifle with an epoxy based material. Rifled barrel on a Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle Rifling : Helical grooves in the barrel of a gun or firearm , which imparts a spin to a projectile around its long axis.

  8. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    During the Vietnam War in the early 1970s (July, 1970 to January, 1972) the Lake City Ordnance Plant (code: LC) and Frankfort Arsenal (code: FA) produced unmarked Boxer-primed 7.62×39mm Blank and Ball cartridges for use by American and Allied personnel. The blanks were used by the "Tigerland" simulation exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The ...

  9. 5-in-1 blank cartridge - Wikipedia

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    They were called a 5-in-1 blanks, because, when they were originally introduced, they could be fired in the five different firearms commonly used in Hollywood Westerns, namely .38-40 and .44-40 Winchester lever-action rifles and .38-40 Winchester, .44-40 Winchester, and .45 Colt single-action revolvers. 5-in-1 blanks are also called a 3-in-1 ...