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  2. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Second, the gun's striker-firing mechanism is locked in place by an extension bar linked to the trigger; the striker cannot move unless the trigger is depressed. Third, as with most pistols, a firing pin block actuated by the same extension bar prevents the pin coming into contact with the primer unless the trigger is pulled to clear the block.

  3. Sling (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In the context of firearms, a sling is a type of strap or harness designed to allow a shooter to conveniently carry a firearm (usually a long gun such as a rifle, carbine, shotgun, submachine gun or GPMG) on their body, and/or to aid in greater hit probability by allowing the firearm to be better braced and stabilized during aiming. Various ...

  4. Open carry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Demonstrators at the 2020 VCDL Lobby Day gun rights rally in Virginia on January 20, 2020. On April 30, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of protesters—many of them carrying guns—descended on the Michigan Capitol to oppose Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's imminent two-week extension of the state's stay-at-home order. Protesters ...

  5. Side grip - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the side grip has been increasingly used in violent armed crime in the United States. [4] [1] The style has become a cliché in rap culture to such an extent that a 2009 New York police statement could describe a criminal as flipping his "gun on its side like a character out of a rap video". [5]

  6. Category:5.7×28mm firearms - Wikipedia

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  7. Weapon mount - Wikipedia

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    Casemate-mounted 5"/50 caliber gun on the USS North Dakota. A casemate is an armoured structure consisting of a static primary surface incorporating a limited-traverse gun mount: typically, this takes the form of either a gun mounted through a fixed armour plate (typically seen on tank destroyers and assault guns) or a mount consisting of a partial cylinder of armour "sandwiched" between ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Side by side (SxS): A configuration for double-barreled shotguns, in which the barrels are arranged horizontally; Sighting in or sighting: The act of setting up a telescopic or other sighting system so that the point of impact of a bullet matches the sights at a specified distance.