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Most triggers use a small flat or slightly curved lever (called the trigger blade) depressed by the index finger, but some weapons such as the M2 Browning machine gun or the Iron Horse TOR ("thumb-operated receiver") use a push-button-like thumb-actuated trigger design, and others like the Springfield Armory M6 Scout use a squeeze-bar trigger ...
Sear: A sharp bar, resting in a notch (or in British: "bent") in a hammer (or in British: "tumbler"), holding the hammer back under the tension of the mainspring. When the trigger is pulled, the sear moves out of its notch, releasing the hammer and firing the gun. [1] The term "sear" is sometimes incorrectly used to describe a complete trigger ...
A trigger disconnector captures the hammer in the cocked position after a shot has been fired, even if the trigger is held to the rear as the gun cycles. This ensures the gun can only fire in the semi-automatic mode, as the trigger needs to be released to 'reset' and have the disconnector release the hammer back to the trigger sear.
Millers Falls Company in 1910. Millers Falls Co. is a tool manufacturing company originally based in Millers Falls, Massachusetts. It was established in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1868 as Gunn & Amidon [1] by Levi J. Gunn and Charles H. Amidon. [2]
US Patent 269766, awarded December 26, 1882, to James Alexander Williams of Fredonia, Mason County, Texas, describes a frame with a pistol or revolver secured to it, and a spring, levers and rod which would activate the gun's trigger when an animal stepped on a treadle in front of the muzzle, killing the animal.
Antique Japanese matchlock (tanegashima), showing the firing mechanism.Note the V-shaped mainspring. The snap matchlock is a type of matchlock mechanism used to ignite early firearms.
District 97 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican John McQueeney since 2025. [1] Geography
The Robert Langdon franchise consists of American action-adventure mystery-thriller installments, including three theatrical films directed by Ron Howard, and a television series. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The films, based on the novel series written by Dan Brown , center on the fictional character of Robert Langdon .