enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Barrel threads - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_threads

   Attaching the barrel to the receiver using a barrel nut and a barrel with a shoulder is an alternative to action threads, which has been used in firearms such as the Sten gun and AR-15. Hand tools Quick barrel change systems is an increasingly popular alternative, as seen in for example SIG Sauer 200 STR , Roessler Titan or Blaser R8 .

3. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_(firearms)

   The first company to make straight pull bolt-actions for .22 caliber was J. G. Anschütz; the action is specifically the straight-pull ball bearing-lock action, which features spring-loaded ball bearings on the side of the bolt which lock into a groove inside the bolt's housing. With the new design came a new dry-fire method; instead of the ...

4. Bolt (firearms) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(firearms)

   This bolt design is often used to reduce overall weapon length without sacrificing barrel length or bolt weight. A turn bolt refers to a firearm component where the whole bolt without using a bolt carrier turns to lock/unlock. This is mostly used to describe manually operated bolt action firearms, but also on some automatic firearms.

5. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_firearms_terms

   Bolt action: A type of firearm action in which the firearm's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle. As the handle is operated, the bolt is unlocked, the breech is opened, the spent shell casing is withdrawn and ejected, the firing pin is cocked, and a new round/shell (if available) is placed into ...

6. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_and_bolt_types

   A socket cap screw, also known as a socket head capscrew, socket screw, or Allen bolt, is a type of cap screw with a cylindrical head and hexagonal drive hole. The term socket head capscrew typically refers to a type of threaded fastener whose head diameter is nominally 1.5 times that of the screw shank ( major ) diameter, with a head height ...

7. Bolt action - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_action

   Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed). The majority of bolt-action firearms are rifles, but there are also some variants of shotguns and handguns that are bolt-action.

8. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_(firearms)

   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. Remington XP-100 - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_XP-100

   The Remington XP-100 (from eXperimental Pistol number 100) is a bolt-action pistol produced by Remington Arms from 1963 to 1998. The XP-100 was one of the first handguns designed for long-range shooting and introduced the .221 Fireball and 6×45mm.