With the help of my gun-loving husband, I have been exploring the world of firearms lately. Just for you, dear reader, I fired a shotgun for the first time yesterday. Shotguns come in pump...
Category: Gun Terminology
Bolt action guns come in rotating bolt or straight pull. The straight pull requires only a pull back and push forward to operate. This is accomplished with spring-loaded ball bearings that lock into...
To load the Henry lever action rifle, you rotate the follower and lift it out of the feed tube. This makes room to load seven rounds in the feed tube one by one. Return the follower into the feed...
A flash in the pan: the part of a flintlock musket that held the firing powder was its pan. Sometimes the primer flashed but did not explode, so the action did not result in a bullet being shot. ...
We explain the parts of the revolver with: muzzle, barrel, cylinder, trigger, grip, sights, trigger guard, hammer, cylinder release, crane, ratchet, ejector rod, and firing pin.
We have broken down our Sig Sauer P320 into its parts: grip module, slide, trigger assembly, recoil spring, takedown lever, and barrel.
