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Firearms
Guns such as pistols or rifles that use explosives to shoot bullets. These are usually small arms as compared to big weapon systems such as artillery cannons or missiles.
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Squib load
Military; Firearms
A firearms malfunction in which a fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.
Sporterising
Military; Firearms
The practise of modifying military-type firearms either to make them suitable for civilian sporting use or to make them legal under the law.
Sporterization
Military; Firearms
The practise of modifying military-type firearms either to make them suitable for civilian sporting use or to make them legal under the law.
Suppressor
Military; Firearms
A device attached to or part of the barrel of a firearm to reduce the amount of noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
Swaged bullet
Military; Firearms
A bullet that is formed by forcing the bullet into a die to assume its final form.
