Firearm Form and Function

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Rifle or shotgun where the action is located behind fire control
Bullpup
Rifle with stock and a barrel < 16" (legal term)
Short-Barreled Rifle
Shotgun with stock and barrel < 18"
Short-Barreled Shotgun
Obselete gas system found on early M1 Garands, Chinese General Liu
Gas Trap
Gas system with large moving mass found on AK-47, Tavor, late M1 Garand
Long-Stroke Piston
Gas system that compromises between above and below, as on AR-18, SKS, SCAR
Short-Stroke Piston
Gas system that is lightweight without a piston as on M16
Direct Impingement
Pulls cartridges out of chamber
Extractor
Pushes cartridges out of the action
Ejector
Shorter version of a rifle
Carbine
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When the above fires handgun cartridges
Pistol Caliber Carbine
Weapon between a rifle and an SMG such as P90, MP7
Personal Defense Weapon
Cartridge design that is not center fire, such as .22LR or .17HMR
Rimfire
Failure to eject malfunction where spent case sticks vertically out of ejection port
Stovepipe
When above happens, the action fails to go into ________
Battery
Modern, specific term for rifle with large eye relief that can be fed with stripper clips, among other characteristics
Scout Rifle
Common term describing a weapon with ammunition that is held together with links or cloth
Belt-fed
Pointed bullets that grew in popularity during WWI
Spitzer
Rifle cartridge power in between High or Full power and rimfire
Intermediate
Bullet weight measurement, equal to 1/7000th of a pound
Grain
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