inserted into the chamber, while a revolver cannot be fired at all with its cylinder swung out or broken open.[citation needed] In firearms design or modification...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....