Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure...

system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gas created...

Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to cycle...

nominally circular cross-section. In most automatic firearms that use delayed blowback, recoil, or gas operation, the bolt itself is housed within the larger...

action. Firearms using direct impingement are theoretically lighter, more accurate, and less expensive than firearms using cleaner and cooler gas piston...

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

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....

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

Firearms regulation in Finland incorporates the political and regulatory aspects of firearms usage in the country. Both hunting and shooting sports are...

Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, is an American firearm manufacturer and distributor. The company's product line revolves around semi-automatic...

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

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

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...

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...

barrel and aid in accuracy. Gas-operated reloading: A system of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms. Gatling gun: A hand-crank...

An underwater firearm is a firearm designed for use underwater. Underwater firearms or needleguns usually fire flechettes or spear-like bolts instead...

Firearms Command (MO19) is the firearms unit of the Metropolitan Police Service. Formed in 2005, the Command is responsible for providing a firearms-response...

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

believing these are real firearms and a deadly threat. Airsoft in the past was used almost solely for recreational purposes, but in 2012, gas blowback (GBB) airsoft...

The use of firearms by police forces varies widely across the world, in part due to differences in gun use policy, civilian firearm laws, and recording...

categories: Category A: Category A1: Firearms disguised as another object, firearms with fully automatic fire capacities, firearms of a caliber greater than 20mm...

Mannlicher M1900 operated by a gas piston. This was an inspiration for later gas operated, semi-automatic and selective fire firearms (such as the M1, M14, M16...

being produced by USA Firearms Corp.-Wildey Guns of Winsted, Connecticut. The Wildey was purpose-designed to be a hunting firearm. The pistol is built...

provide safe operation. The type of action used by a firearms designer will be determined by the design goal inherent for that firearm. The three actions...

gas system with a straight gas tube design. The fitment of the gas system minimizes gas pressure loss between the gas block and carrier key. The gas block...

significantly reduced just in front of the chamber. BFAs for blowback and gas-operated firearms are relatively simple. These weapons depend on high pressures in...

the magazine. Unlike single-shot firearms, which can only hold and fire a single round of ammunition, a repeating firearm can store multiple cartridges inside...

construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle...

prohibited firearms. After the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, the deadliest rampage by a single person in Canadian history, Canada banned a class of firearms, including...

most successful firearms designers of the 19th and 20th centuries and a pioneer of modern repeating, semi-automatic, and automatic firearms. Browning influenced...