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2. Cleaning rod - Wikipedia

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   A cleaning rod is a firearm maintenance tool that can be used to clean the inside (bore) of a gun's barrel, and is made in different sizes for use on different barrel lengths, calibers and gauges. It is a sturdy, long, thin, straight rod typically made of metal, rigid plastic or carbon fiber , and usually has a handle at one end for gripping ...

3. Firearm maintenance - Wikipedia

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   Front cover – The M16A1 Rifle – Operation and Preventive Maintenance by Will Eisner, issued to American soldiers in the Vietnam War. An inadequately maintained firearm will often accumulate excessive fouling and dirt within the barrel and receiver, which not only can clog up the rifling and decrease the firearm's accuracy and precision, but can also interfere with the proper operation of ...

4. List of muzzle-loading guns - Wikipedia

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   Muzzleloading artillery evolved across a wide range of styles, beginning with the bombard, and evolving into culverins, falconets, sakers, demi-cannon, rifled muzzle-loaders, Parrott rifles, and many other styles. Handcannons are excepted from this list because they are hand-held and typically of small caliber.

5. Bore evacuator - Wikipedia

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   Unprotected bore evacuators damaged by bullets have caused considerable problems in past conflicts, but up-armoring solved this problem. Bore evacuators are a common feature on most modern tanks and some self-propelled guns. The French Leclerc tank is a counterexample; it instead uses overpressure from an internal compartment to force gases ...

6. Internal ballistics - Wikipedia

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   Overt combat guns, large-bore high-powered rifles, long-range handguns chambered for rifle ammunition, and action-shooting handguns designed for accurate rapid fire, all benefit from muzzle brakes. The high-powered firearms use the muzzle brake mainly for recoil reduction, which reduces the battering of the shooter by the severe recoil.

7. Williams cleaner bullet - Wikipedia

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   Hence the ”cleaner bullet” nickname, often misunderstood as a kind of ”cleaning bullet” added at the end of the 10 bullet package. One issue with the bullet was that a too forceful ramming may cause an expansion of the soft lead bullet inside the barrel before firing, making it very hard to remove with a worm added on the ramrod, when ...

8. RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun - Wikipedia

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   The gun originated from a desire for a longer 12 in (30 cm) gun than the existing RML 12-inch 35-ton gun.Experiments in 1874 with both 12 in (30 cm) and 12.5 in (32 cm) versions 3 ft (91 cm) longer than the existing 12 in (30 cm) gun showed the 12.5 in (32 cm) calibre was more suitable, and further experiments showed a projectile of 800 lb (360 kg) could be fired with a charge of 130 lb (59 kg ...

9. Rodman gun - Wikipedia

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   These heavy guns were intended to be mounted in seacoast fortifications. 8-inch, 10-inch, 13-inch, 15-inch, and 20-inch bore (20, 25, 33, 38, and 51 cm) Rodman guns were produced. Other than size, the guns were all nearly identical in design, with a curving bottle shape, a large flat cascabels, and ratchets or sockets for the elevating mechanism.