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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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Underlug

Military; Firearms

1. The locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom. 2. The metal shroud underneath the barrel of a ...

Wildcat cartridge

Military; Firearms

A custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimise a certain performance characteristic (such as the power, size or ...

Wildcat

Military; Firearms

A custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimise a certain performance characteristic (such as the power, size or ...

Winchester centre Fire (WCF)

Military; Firearms

A family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company, as in the .30-30 WCF or .32 WCF.

Windage

Military; Firearms

The side-to-side adjustment of a sight, used to change the horizontal component of the aiming point. See also Kentucky windage.

Wheellock

Military; Firearms

A friction-wheel mechanism to cause a spark for firing a firearm. The methode is now obsolete for firing a firearm.

Underwater firearm

Military; Firearms

A firearm specially designed for use underwater.

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