Statistics for Firearm Form and Function

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Rifle or shotgun where the action is located behind fire control	Bullpup	86%
Shorter version of a rifle	Carbine	82%
Cartridge design that is not center fire, such as .22LR or .17HMR	Rimfire	76%
Pulls cartridges out of chamber	Extractor	72%
Rifle with stock and a barrel < 16" (legal term)	Short-Barreled Rifle	68%
Bullet weight measurement, equal to 1/7000th of a pound	Grain	64%
Common term describing a weapon with ammunition that is held together with links or cloth	Belt-fed	62%
Pushes cartridges out of the action	Ejector	60%
Weapon between a rifle and an SMG such as P90, MP7	Personal Defense Weapon	58%
Gas system with large moving mass found on AK-47, Tavor, late M1 Garand	Long-Stroke Piston	54%
Shotgun with stock and barrel < 18"	Short-Barreled Shotgun	54%
Gas system that compromises between above and below, as on AR-18, SKS, SCAR	Short-Stroke Piston	52%
Failure to eject malfunction where spent case sticks vertically out of ejection port	Stovepipe	50%
When above happens, the action fails to go into ________	Battery	48%
Rifle cartridge power in between High or Full power and rimfire	Intermediate	40%
When the above fires handgun cartridges	Pistol Caliber Carbine	38%
Gas system that is lightweight without a piston as on M16	Direct Impingement	36%
Pointed bullets that grew in popularity during WWI	Spitzer	30%
Obselete gas system found on early M1 Garands, Chinese General Liu	Gas Trap	18%
Modern, specific term for rifle with large eye relief that can be fed with stripper clips, among other characteristics	Scout Rifle	14%