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  2. Choke (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Chokes may be formed at the time of manufacture either as part of the barrel, by squeezing the end of the bore down over a mandrel, or by threading the barrel and screwing in an interchangeable choke tube. Chokes may also be formed even after a barrel is manufactured by increasing the diameter of the bore inside a barrel, creating what is ...

  3. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    This additional force allowed the small .22 Long Rifle cartridge to cycle a standard weight slide, which made the pistol handle more like the standard .45 ACP version. [ 11 ] Another cartridge conversion was the Pedersen device , which was designed to convert the bolt action Springfield 1903 Mark I into a 40 shot blowback semi-automatic firearm ...

  4. Receiver (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...

  5. .22 long rifle - Wikipedia

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    A .22 Short, .22 long rifle, .22 Winchester Magnum, and a .22 Hornet. The .22 long rifle uses a straight-walled case. Depending upon the type and the feed mechanism employed, a firearm that is chambered for .22 long rifle may also be able to safely chamber and fire shorter rimfire cartridges, including the .22 BB, .22 CB, .22 short, .22 long.

  6. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Parts kit: A kit of firearm parts minus the receiver. Used to build a complete firearm with the purchase or manufacture of a receiver (regulated in the US). Percussion cap: a small cylinder of copper or brass that was the crucial invention that enabled muzzle-loading firearms to fire reliably in any weather. The cap has one closed end.

  7. M7 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    The M7 grenade launcher was a tube-shaped device with an overall length (including the mounting bracket) of 7.5 inches. One end fitted onto the barrel of the M1 Garand rifle enclosing the muzzle, and was held in place with the rifle's bayonet lug. The other end was cylindrical with a small clip that held the grenade in place by friction.

  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. Gun barrel - Wikipedia

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    The inside of a Rheinmetall 120 mm smoothbore tank gun (seen from the muzzle) of a Leopard 2A4 Muzzle of a SIG 550 rifle, equipped with a birdcage-type flash suppressor Various types of shotgun chokes Muzzle blast modulated by an A2-style flash suppressor. The muzzle is the front end of a barrel from which the projectile will exit. [11]