SHOULDER

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1. Act of placing a shotgun or rifle to a shooter’s shoulder, in order to properly align the sights and fire at a target. 2. The sloping portion of a metallic cartridge case that connects the neck and the body of a bottleneck-type cartridge. 3. The square or angular step between two diameters on a barrel, pin, stud or other part commonly used in sporting firearms.