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...
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Dardick tround (redirect from Open chamber firearm)
(triangular round), is a unique firearms cartridge developed by inventor David Dardick for use in his open-chamber firearms. Named for its convex triangular...
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principles for self-loading firearms include delayed blowback, blow forward, gas operation, and recoil operation. In firearms, a blowback system is generally...
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Gas-operated reloading (redirect from Floating chamber (firearms))
operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure gas from the cartridge being...
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of firearms thereafter. Pauly made an improved version, protected by a patent, on 29 September 1812. Probably no invention connected with firearms has...
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Older firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with...
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An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers...
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rear of each chamber. Each chamber was loaded in the same manner as the percussion revolvers. Clip Magazine Revolver Firearm Chamber (firearms) Needle gun...
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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...
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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...
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