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  2. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Free gun: A term for a General Purpose Machine Gun used by Door gunners that is not installed on a weapon mount but a bungee/sling allowing more free movement. Frizzen: An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms. The flint scraping the steel throws a shower of sparks into the flash pan.

  3. List of firearms - Wikipedia

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    This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle and any other variants.

  4. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Artillery barrage: a line or barrier of exploding artillery shells, created by continuous and co-ordinated fire of a large number of guns. Battalia : an army or a subcomponent of an army such as a battalion in battle array (common military parlance in the 17th century).

  5. Should These Guns Still Be Illegal in America? - AOL

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    Both the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968 make it illegal for civilians to own fully-automatic weapons (also known as machine guns) without getting special permits.

  6. Cooking off - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The term is used both for detonation of ammunition not loaded into a weapon, and unintended firing of a loaded weapon due to heating. A fast cook-off is a cook-off caused by fire. A slow cook-off is caused by a sustained thermal event less intense than fire.

  7. Category:Firearm terminology - Wikipedia

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  8. Guns allowed while hard water bottles, tennis balls banned in ...

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    "The statutory references in the Council's file relate to those weapons state law has prohibited - machine guns, fully automatic weapons, short-barreled shotguns, and silencers," he wrote.

  9. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...