Letter: C

A powder and shot separator of a shallow cup design which when loaded with lips down acts to help seal powder gases and so protect the rear of the shot column.

Checkering which is cut with a tool into the surface, either by hand or machine, rather than impressed.

A choke formed by a reamer during manufacture of the barrel of a shotgun.

A generally circumferential separation in the side wall of a cartridge case. May be complete or partial.

A process of forming the spiral grooves in the bore of a rifle barrel by a cutting tool which has a hook shape. Also called Hook Rifling.

The rate which a succession of movements repeats itself; in an automatic firearm, it is usually expressed in shots per minute that are theoretically possible to be fired, given an unlimited supply of ammunition.

The act of chambering a cartridge, firing the cartridge, opening the action, ejecting the spent cartridge case, and loading the next cartridge if applicable.

The rotating part of a revolver that contains the cartridge chambers.