Archives: Glossary

The replacement of one stock with another.

The aiming reference seen when looking through a telescopic sight.

Part used to move a breech bolt to rear.

A firearm, usually a handgun, with a cylinder having several chambers so arranged as to rotate around an axis and be discharged successively by the same firing mechanism through a common barrel.

A raised surface used as a sighting plane. Ribs may be either solid or ventilated. See Ventilated Rib.

The protrusion of a rib beyond the breech end of a barrel.

The glancing rebound of a projectile after impact.

A firearm having spiral features in the bore to impart spin to a single projectile and designed to be fired from the shoulder.

A projectile with spiral features and a hollow base, intended for use in smoothbore shotguns.