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  2. Rimfire ammunition - Wikipedia

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    It is chambered in numerous firearms including rifles, pistols, revolvers, and submachine guns and for various uses including plinking, hunting, shooting sports, and self-defence. .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (.22 WMR): also known as the .22 Magnum, this is a longer rimfire cartridge based on the .22 Winchester Rimfire cartridge with an ...

  3. Rim (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The .22 Long Rifle is extremely popular in semi-automatics. Rimmed cartridges work with belt-fed machine guns that use a two stage pull out – push through feeding operation, notably the Maxim gun, Vickers, M1919 Browning and M2HB. Push through links are possible with rimmed cartridges using specially designed belt links, but not as reliable ...

  4. Caliber - Wikipedia

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    While modern firearms are generally referred to by the name of the cartridge the gun is chambered for, they are still categorized together based on bore diameter. [citation needed] For example, a firearm might be described as a "30 caliber rifle", which could accommodate any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) projectile; or as a "22 rimfire", referring to any ...

  5. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    The word pistol is usually used to refer specifically to a semi-automatic pistol. Pistol grip on a SIG SG 550. Pistol grip: A feature on some firearms that gives the user a slightly curved area to grip, just rear of the trigger. Powerhead or bang stick: A specialized firearm used underwater that is fired when in direct contact with the target.

  6. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Garden gun calibers: 9mm Flobert shot, 9mm Flobert shot, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 Long Rifle, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 CB Short, and 9mm Flobert BB cap Also seen in limited numbers are smoothbore firearms in calibers smaller than .360 such as .22 Long Rifle (UK No. 1 bore) and 9mm Flobert rimfire (UK No. 3 bore), designed for short-range pest ...

  7. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    .45 ACP: The standard US pistol round for about 75 years. Typical .45 ACP loads are subsonic. [54].45 Colt: a more powerful 45-calibre revolver round using a longer cartridge. The .45 Colt was designed for the Colt Single Action Army and adopted by the US Army in 1873. Other 45-calibre single-action and double-action revolvers also use this round.

  8. Parts kit - Wikipedia

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    A parts kit is a collection of weapon (notably firearm) parts that, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), "is designed to or may be readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive."

  9. 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 ...