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    Chambers in Firearms," Journal of Forensic Sciences, JFSCA, Vol. 41, No. 3, May 1996, pp. 407-417. "Firearm barrel assembly with ported chamber". Sinha,...
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    (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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    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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    firearms typically used black powder as a propellant, but modern firearms use smokeless powder or other explosive propellants. Most modern firearms (with...
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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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    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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    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...
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