A bolt is the part of a repeating, breechloading firearm that blocks the rear opening (breech) of the barrel chamber while the propellant burns, and moves...

variants of shotguns and handguns that are bolt-action. Bolt-action firearms are generally repeating firearms, but many single-shot designs are available...

principles for self-loading firearms include delayed blowback, blow forward, gas operation, and recoil operation. In firearms, a blowback system is generally...

A firearm is said to fire from an open bolt or open breech if, when ready to fire, the bolt and working parts are held to the rear of the receiver, with...

components together Bolt (climbing), an anchor point used in rock climbing Bolt (firearms), a mechanism used in firearms Crossbow bolt, ammunition used in...

bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse developed the first rotating bolt firearm...

full-automatic firearm which is said to fire from a closed bolt or closed breech is one where, when ready to fire, a round is in the chamber and the bolt and working...

In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breech-loading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts, and ejects) the...

firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other explosive propellants. Most modern firearms (with...

Marlin owned the firearm manufacturer H&R Firearms. In 2007, Remington Arms, part of the Remington Outdoor Company, acquired Marlin Firearms. Remington produced...

Tilting bolt action is a type of locking mechanism often used in self-loading firearms and, rarely, in straight-pull repeating rifles. Essentially, the...

manually cycle the bolt after each round is fired, and are usually loaded with stripper clips or magazines List of weapons List of firearms List of rifles...

type. Most magazines designed for use with a reciprocating bolt firearm (tube fed firearms being the exception) make use of a set of feed lips which stop...

clips and/or detatchable magazines. List of clip-fed firearms Belt (firearms) Glossary of firearms terms Stripper clip Speedloader "Cartridge clip". "Reversible...

firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms)...

Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and fishing gear. The company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1878 by brothers...

firearms or when firing from an undersized chamber. In recent years there has been a push to automate this process via the use of automated firearms databases...

of ammunition. In repeating firearms with moving bolts, the extractor is often one or a set of hook-like flanges on the bolt head that grabs onto the casing's...

propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks. Since 1886, most firearms use smokeless powder. Black powder substitute: A firearm propellant...

A captive bolt pistol (also known as a captive bolt gun, a cattle gun, a stunbolt gun, a bolt gun, a stun gun and a stunner) is a device used for the...

A telescoping bolt (also known as an overhung bolt) is a firearm bolt which telescopes over, that is, wraps around and past, the breech end of the barrel...

contact with the bolt face. As with any reloading all care must be taken and manufacturer's recommendations followed. An unusual firearms operation has been...

In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for...

etc. Hence firearms using this system do have higher felt recoil than their equivalent modern long-stroke gas piston counterparts. The bolt is not locked...

a firearm, usually creating grooves. This is most often the barrel of a rifle, though it may also refer to the cylinder of a revolver or the bolt of...

and civilian sporting firearms. The Gewehr 98 in particular was widely adopted and copied, becoming one of the most copied firearms designs and it is the...

the next round, even though all self-loading firearms are technically a subcategory of repeating firearms. Repeating rifles were a significant advance...

previously worked at other well-known firearms manufacturers such as Colt's Manufacturing Company, Marlin Firearms, Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. O. F...

carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other...

Bolt thrust or breech pressure is a term used in internal ballistics and firearms (whether small arms or artillery) that describes the amount of rearward...