Chambers in Firearms," Journal of Forensic Sciences, JFSCA, Vol. 41, No. 3, May 1996, pp. 407-417. "Firearm barrel assembly with ported chamber". Sinha,...

(triangular round), is a unique firearms cartridge developed by inventor David Dardick for use in his open-chamber firearms. Named for its convex triangular...

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

operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure gas from the cartridge being...

of firearms thereafter. Pauly made an improved version, protected by a patent, on 29 September 1812. Probably no invention connected with firearms has...

In firearms, headspace is the distance measured from a closed chamber's breech face to the chamber feature that limits the insertion depth of a cartridge...

An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers...

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

rear of each chamber. Each chamber was loaded in the same manner as the percussion revolvers. Clip Magazine Revolver Firearm Chamber (firearms) Needle gun...

meaning that an air gun's chamber is functionally equivalent to the freebore portion of a firearm barrel. In the context of firearms design, manufacturing...

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

though he claimed it could be adapted to other firearms too. In 1894 another silencer for use with firearms was patented by another Swiss inventor, C.A....

used by Lawyers Chamber (firearms), part of a weapon Combustion chamber, part of an engine in which fuel is burned Environmental chamber, used in testing...

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

2008-06-26. "Firearms Glossary". National Rifle Association of America. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Charles Winthrop Sawyer (1920). Firearms in American...

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

In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling. Safeties...

breechloading firearms, an extractor is an action component that serves to remove spent casings of previously fired cartridges from the chamber, in order...

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

break-action firearms, where the rim helps hold the cartridge in position. Rimmed cartridges generally do not work quite as well in firearms that feed from...

weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO. This table is sortable for every column. List of assault rifles List of 7.62×51mm NATO firearms List of...

weapons chambered in this caliber are in NATO. This table is sortable for every column. List of 5.56×45mm NATO firearms List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms List...

The 6×45mm SAW describes an experimental series of rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridges developed in the 1970s for the U.S. Army. The cartridges...

firearms such as flintlocks and blunderbusses, and fixed cannons, and by the 15th century the technology had spread through all of Eurasia. Firearms were...

A slamfire is a discharge of a firearm occurring as a cartridge is being loaded into the chamber. Some firearms are designed to slamfire, but the term...

of cartridges. They may also come in annular and helical forms. Notable firearms using fluted chambers are the roller-delayed blowback Heckler & Koch G3...

Chiappa Firearms, Armi Sport di Chiappa, is an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia. It was founded in 1958 by Ezechiele Chiappa as...

impactful". In the Czech Republic, firearms are available to anyone, subject to acquiring a firearms license. Firearm licenses may be obtained in a way...

Armes à Feu Portatives (Permanent International Commission for portable firearms testing) (C.I.P.). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved...

range of other functions. Firearms use triggers to initiate the firing of a cartridge seated within the gun barrel chamber. This is accomplished by actuating...