Letter: B

1. Handguns: Bottom part of the grip. 2. Long Guns: Rear or shoulder end of the stock.

A metal, rubber or composition covering to reinforce and protect the shoulder end of a firearm stock.

The rear or butt end of the firearm which is normally placed against the shooter’s shoulder.

A flat, low profile, paddle-shaped bolt handle found on some rifles.

A process wherein a hardened steel disc or button with a rifling cross section configuration is pushed or pulled through a drilled and reamed barrel so as to cold form the rifling grooves to the desired depth and twist.

The process of forming spiral rifling grooves in the barrel of a firearm by a tool having a series of cutting edges each slightly larger than the preceding.

A chemical oxidation process to color metallic parts of a firearm a brownish black shade.

A rear sight for hunting rifles that has the V notch at the bottom of an almost completely closed “U.”

Lead pellets ranging in size from .24” to .36” diameter normally loaded in shotshells.

1. In a firearm, any part intended to absorb shock, reduce impact or check recoil. 2. In a shotshell, any material added to the shot to prevent deformation during firing.