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  2. Rifling - Wikipedia

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    Rifling of a 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 tank gun Conventional rifling of a 90 mm M75 cannon (production year 1891, Austria-Hungary) Rifling in a GAU-8 autocannon. Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.

  3. Barrel threads - Wikipedia

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    There are many systems for designating thread types (metric, unified, Whitworth, etc.).Threading can be specified by diameter, pitch, angle, length and fit tolerances.. However, the use of action threads is not well standardized within the firearms industry, and threading can vary between manufacturers and mo

  4. CZ P-10 C - Wikipedia

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    CZ introduced a P-10 F–full size model and P-10 S–subcompact model of the P-10 in October 2018.While the P-10C has a 4.02 in (102 mm) barrel, the full size model has a 4.5 in (110 mm) barrel and the subcompact has a 3.5 in (89 mm) barrel.

  5. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The rifle itself is offered in two variants: the S-5.56 A1 with a 19.9-inch barrel and 1:12 pitch rifling (1 turn in 305 mm), optimized for the use of the M193 Ball cartridge; and the S-5.56 A3 with a 20-inch barrel and a 1:7 pitch rifling (1 turn in 177, 8 mm), optimized for the use of the SS109 cartridge. [216]

  6. Choke (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Note that although Win and Rem-choke have the same thread pitch, their shapes are different. M20.62×0.794 mm 0.812"-32 TPI Remington Rem-choke Note that although Win-choke and Rem-choke have the same thread pitch, their shape are different. M20.83×0.794 mm 0.820"-32 TPI Browning Invector plus M20.574×1 mm 0.810"-25.4 TPI Benelli/ Beretta

  7. MAC-10 - Wikipedia

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    The Military Armament Corporation Model 10, officially abbreviated as "M10" or "M-10", [5] and more commonly known as the MAC-10, is a compact, blowback operated machine pistol/submachine gun that was developed by Gordon Ingram in 1964.

  8. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...

  9. Rifle - Wikipedia

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    Like all typical firearms, a rifle's projectile is propelled by the contained deflagration of a combustible propellant compound (originally black powder and now nitrocellulose and other smokeless powders), although other propulsive means are used, such as compressed air in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, small game hunting ...