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  2. Barrel shroud - Wikipedia

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    An L85A2 rifle with a partially-shrouded barrel A Winchester Model 12 combat shotgun with a barrel shroud and attached bayonet. A barrel shroud is an external covering that envelops (either partially or full-length) the barrel of a firearm to prevent unwanted direct contact with the barrel (e.g. accidental collision with surrounding objects or ...

  3. Thermal sleeve - Wikipedia

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    A bolt-on thermal sleeve. A thermal sleeve, or blanket, is a device around the length of a gun barrel of a large caliber gun, typically found on modern tanks.Its primary purpose is to provide a more consistent temperature to the gun barrel, preventing distortions due to differential thermal expansion caused by the temperature differences around the barrel when firing.

  4. Muzzle shroud - Wikipedia

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    A muzzle shroud differs from a silencer (sound suppressor) in that its primary function is not to suppress the sound, but merely redirect it so to increase the comfort of the shooter, reducing the concussion to a comfortable level. [4] Linear compensators are also a form of muzzle shrouds.

  5. Talk:Barrel shroud - Wikipedia

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    Barrel shrouds have nothing to do with cooling, they are a safety device to cover hot barrels. No modern barrel needs a radiator attached, air cooling does fine. That and there is no real way they could help as most don't even touch the barrel and thus cannot use conduction to help cool the barrel.

  6. Rifle bedding - Wikipedia

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    Bedding epoxy in a stock. Rifle bedding is a gunsmithing process of providing a rigid and consistent foundation for a rifle’s operational components, by creating a stable and close-fitting bearing surface between the gun's functional parts (i.e. the receiver housing the barrelled action) and its structural support (i.e. the stock) that do not deform with heat, pressure and moisture, or shift ...

  7. Gun barrel - Wikipedia

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    A gun barrel is a crucial part of gun-type weapons such as small firearms, artillery pieces, and air guns. It is the straight shooting tube, usually made of rigid high-strength metal , through which a contained rapid expansion of high-pressure gas(es) is used to propel a projectile out of the front end ( muzzle ) at a high velocity.

  8. Accurizing - Wikipedia

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    While standard rifle barrels taper from breech to muzzle, high precision rifles will often use a barrel with far less taper, called a heavy barrel, sometimes leaving the barrel cylindrical all the way to the muzzle, called a bull barrel. Either technique greatly increases the stiffness of the barrel by enlarging the average diameter, but this ...

  9. Blank-firing adapter - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army soldiers in UCP ACUs training with their M4 carbines fitted with bright yellow blank-firing adapters.. A blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), [1] sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition for safety reasons, functional reasons or a combination of them both.