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  2. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The head of a brass case can be work-hardened to withstand the high pressures, and allow for manipulation via extraction and ejection without rupturing. The neck and body portion of a brass case is easily annealed to make the case ductile enough to allow reshaping so that it can be handloaded many times, and fire forming can help accurize the ...

  3. Gas check - Wikipedia

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    Gas checks are most commonly found in the form of a thin cup or disc made of a ductile metal. Copper, zinc, aluminum, and alloys such as brass have been used. A bullet designed to accept a gas check has a rebated base shank which permits attachment of the check without altering the maximum diameter of the bullet.

  4. List of revolvers - Wikipedia

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    Kerr's Patent Revolver: London Armoury Company.36 inch.44 inch 5 United Kingdom: 1859-1866 Korth Combat: Korth GmbH.357 Magnum.38 Special: 6 West Germany: 1964-present [citation needed] Type 26 revolver: Koishikawa Arsenal: 9mm Japanese revolver: 6 Japan: 1893-1935 Landstad revolver: Halvard Landstad 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance: 2 (+ 6 extra rounds) Norway

  5. Smith & Wesson Centennial - Wikipedia

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    The Model 40 is chambered in .38 special and has a five-round capacity. It is a snub-nose revolver with a 1 7/8-inch barrel. It is built on Smith & Wesson's J-frame and weighs 21 oz. empty. [2] The revolver was made with a grip safety as some shooters could not get used to the idea of firing a revolver without cocking the hammer. [3]

  6. Smith & Wesson Model 12 - Wikipedia

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    The Military & Police Airweight initially used both an aluminum cylinder and frame, and weighed only 14.5 ounces. [1] The aluminum cylinder proved insufficiently strong to withstand continued firing with standard .38 Special cartridges, and in 1954, S&W changed over all new production Airweight revolver cylinders to steel, increasing the weight ...

  7. Chiappa Rhino - Wikipedia

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    Chambered for the .357 Magnum/.38 Special, 9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, or 9×21mm cartridges, their most distinctive feature is that the barrel is on a much lower bore axis, as the Rhino fires from the lowermost chamber of the cylinder rather than from the topmost chamber in conventional revolvers. [8]

  8. Ruger LCR - Wikipedia

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    The LCR frame is aluminum alloy and synthetic glass-filled polymer finished in matte black with Synergistic Hard Coat. Per the Ruger website, the "monolithic frame is made from aerospace-grade, 7000 series aluminum in .22 LR, .22 Magnum and .38 Spl +P models and from 400 series stainless steel in the powerful .357 Magnum, 9mm Luger and .327 ...

  9. Category:9mm Parabellum revolvers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "9mm Parabellum revolvers" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chiappa Rhino; F.