Single-shot

Single-shot

A firearm that holds only a single round of ammunition, and must be reloaded after each shot.

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single shot

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A charge in one drill hole only fired at one time, as contrasted with a multiple shot where charges in a number of holes are fired at one time.

single-shot

Military; Firearms

A firearm that holds only a single round of ammunition, and must be reloaded after each shot.

single-shot survey

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A technique for acquiring deviation information from a borehole on a slickline. In high-angle wells, a multishot technique is usually used instead.

single-shot reclosing

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An auto-reclose sequence that provides only one reclosing operation, lock-out of the CB occurring if it subsequently trips.

single-shot exploders

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

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single-shot survey

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A borehole survey made with a single-shot instrument.

trigger guard

Military; Firearms

The loop shaped construction that encircles the trigger. Usually extending from the receiver and connecting again to the firearm at the grip. The purpose of the trigger guard is ...

chamber

Military; Firearms

The cylinder in which ammunition is fired from. The cylinder in most firearms is directly connected to the barrel and holds the cartridge in place as its primer is struck by a ...

take-down pin

Military; Firearms

In the field of rifles, take-down levers and tabs are rare and most rely on proprietry disasembly methods. One of the most popular methods for adding a quick disassembly function ...

trigger

Military; Firearms

A lever which connects the index (in most cases) with the trigger shear, usually shaped in a wide-radius convex curve in an otherwise flat piece of material. Older triggers have a ...

trigger housing

Military; Firearms

The area milled, pressed, moulded or otherwise created in the receiver to hold the trigger assembly.

take-down lever

Military; Firearms

When dealing with small arms that use a lever in the operation of field-stripping, the term 'take-down lever' is used. It describes the wing of metal attached to a pin which ...

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