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  2. .400 Cor-Bon - Wikipedia

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    573 ft⋅lbf (777 J) Source (s): Corbon [1] The .400 Corbon (10.2x22mm) is an automatic pistol cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in 1997. [2] It was created to mimic the ballistics of the 10 mm Auto cartridge in a .45 ACP form factor. It is essentially a .45 ACP case, necked down to .40 caliber with a 25-degree shoulder.

  3. Handloading - Wikipedia

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    Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...

  4. Speedloader - Wikipedia

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    Speedloader. A speedloader is a device used to reduce the time and effort needed to reload a firearm. Speedloaders come in a variety of forms for reloading revolvers, or the magazines used with other types of firearms such as rifles and shotguns. Generally, speedloaders are used for loading multiple chambers of a revolver simultaneously.

  5. Internal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Internal ballistics (also interior ballistics), a subfield of ballistics, is the study of the propulsion of a projectile. In guns, internal ballistics covers the time from the propellant 's ignition until the projectile exits the gun barrel. [1] The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of firearms of all types, from ...

  6. Gas-operated reloading - Wikipedia

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    Gas-operated reloading. Gas-operated firearm (long-stroke piston, e.g. AK-47). 1) gas port, 2) piston head, 3) rod, 4) bolt, 5) bolt carrier, 6) spring. Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is ...

  7. Tactical reload - Wikipedia

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    Tactical reload. A tactical reload is reloading a weapon that has only fired a few rounds out of its magazine, and retaining the original magazine. [1][2] An example is an infantryman reloading before entering a hostile building, concerned about ammunition. [3] Tactical doctrine states that one should always have a full magazine before entering ...

  8. .30-06 Springfield wildcat cartridges - Wikipedia

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    The 30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced “thirty- ought -six”, "thirty-oh-six") or 7.62×63mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 (hence “06”) where it was in use until the late 1970s. It remains a very popular sporting round, with ammunition produced by all major manufacturers.

  9. FN Model 1903 - Wikipedia

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    7-round (9mm) box magazine, 9×19mm m/39B (Trials with the m/1907) [5] Sights. Iron sights. The FN Model 1903 (M1903, FN Mle 1903), or Browning No.2 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN). It was introduced in 1903 and fired the 9×20mmSR Browning Long cartridge.