The Writer's Guide to Firearms and Ammunition

1. Glossary

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What's the difference between birdshot and buckshot or semi-automatic and automatic? Here's an alphabetical listing of firearms- and ammunition-related terms.

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ACTION ACTION, AUTOMATIC ACTION, BOLT ACTION, BREAK ACTION, LEVER ACTION, PUMP ACTION, SEMI-AUTOMATIC AMMUNITION AMMUNITION, ALTERNATIVE AMMUNITION, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION, TRADITIONAL AMMUNITION, SMALL AR RIFLE ARMOR PIERCING ASSAULT RIFLE ASSAULT WEAPON BALLISTICS BARREL BB BENCHREST BIG BORE BIRDSHOT BORE BORE DIAMETER BUCKSHOT BULLET BULLET, ARMOR PIERCING BULLET, DUMDUM BULLET IMPRINTING BULLET, FULL METAL JACKET BULLET, HOLLOW POINT BULLET, WADCUTTER BUTT CALIBER CARBINE CARTRIDGE CARTRIDGE, CENTERFIRE CARTRIDGE, MAGNUM CARTRIDGE, RIMFIRE CARTRIDGE, SMALL BORE CHAMBER CHOKE CHOKE TUBES CLIP COCK CYLINDER DERRINGER DISCHARGE DOUBLE BARREL DUMDUM EJECTION EXTRACTION FIREARM FIRING PIN FLASH SUPPRESSOR FULL COCK GAUGE GROUP HALF COCK HAMMER HAMMERLESS JACKET JAM KICK LANDS LOAD MACHINE GUN MAGAZINE MAGNUM MISFEED MISFIRE MODERN SPORTING RIFLE MUZZLE MUZZLE FLASH MUZZLE LOADER NOSE OVER AND UNDER (o/u) PATTERN PISTOL PISTOL, DOUBLE ACTION PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL, SINGLE ACTION PLINKING POWDER POWDER, BLACK POWDER, SMOKELESS PRESSURE PRIMER PROPELLANT RECEIVER RECOIL RECOIL PAD RELOAD REVOLVER RIFLE RIFLING ROUND SAFETY SEMI-AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN SHOTSHELL SILENCER SKEET SKEET GUN SPORTING CLAYS STOCK TARGET, CLAY TRADITIONAL AMMUNITION TRAJECTORY TRAP TRAP SHOOTING TRIGGER, HAIR TRIGGER LOCK TRIGGER PULL UNLOAD VELOCITY WAD WEAPON