Firearms Crossword

the interior diameter of a gun barrel
a metal block that closes the aperture at the back part of a rifle or gun barrel
the diameter of the bore of a firearm or the cartridge that it fires expressed in hundredths of an inch
An interior constriction of a shotgun bore at the muzzle for the purpose of controlling the pattern of the fired shot.
The spiral grooves cut or swaged inside a gun barrel that gives the bullet a spinning motion. The metal between the grooves is called a "land." The spiral can have either a left or right twist.
a mechanism that, after firing, pulls an empty or unfired cartridge or shell case out of the chamber
mechanism after firing throws out empty shells
Chemical analysis test which detects the presence of organic nitrate compounds
spiral cuts into the bore of a gun barrel that give the bullets its spin or rotation
the raised areas between two grooves in the rifling of a gun barrel that impacts grooves
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