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A moon clip is a ring-shaped or stellate piece of metal designed to hold a full cylinder of ammunition for a revolver (commonly 6 rounds) together as a unit. Therefore, instead of loading or extracting one round at a time, a full cylinder of ammunition or spent cases can be loaded or extracted at once, speeding the loading process.
The 20-gauge shotgun, also known as 20 bore, is a type of smoothbore shotgun. 20-gauge shotguns have a bore diameter of .615 in (15.6 mm), while the 12-gauge has a bore diameter of .729 in (18.5 mm). [ 2 ] 12-gauge and 20-gauge shotguns are the most popular gauges in the United States .
An ammunition belt is a firearm device used to package and feed cartridges, typically for rapid-firing automatic weapons such as machine guns. Belt-fed systems minimize the proportional weight of the ammunition apparatus to the entire weapon system, and allow high rates of continuous fire without needing frequent magazine changes.
Stripper clip loading for a 7.92×57mm Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle. A device practically identical to a modern stripper clip was patented by inventor and treasurer of United States Cartridge Company De Witt C. Farrington in 1878, while a rarer type of the clip now known as Swiss-type (after the Schmidt–Rubin) frame charger was patented in 1886 by Louis P. Diss of Remington Arms. [3]
Stripper clip with internal 5-round magazine. Air Service variant with permanent 20-round box magazine. M1917 Enfield: Bolt-action rifle.30-06 Springfield United States Stripper clip with 5-round internal magazine. Mannlicher M1895: Bolt-action rifle 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8×56mmR 7.92×57mm Mauser Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with permanent box ...
An assortment of snap caps of varying calibers, from left: (1st row) .22 LR, 9mm (both), .45 ACP, (2nd row) 30-06 (both), (3rd row) 12 Ga. A snap cap is a firearm accessory device shaped like a standard cartridge/shotshell but contains no functional components, namely the primer, propellant and projectile (bullet or slug).
En bloc clip and 8mm ammo for the Gewehr 88 Swedish Mauser stripper clip loaded with Swedish 6.5×55mm The bolt-action Krag–Jørgensen rifle, designed in Norway in 1886, used a unique rotary magazine that was built into the receiver.
Most of these young hunters move up to a 20-gauge within a few years, and to 12-gauge shotguns and full-size hunting rifles by their late teens. Still, many who are particularly recoil-averse choose to stay with 20-gauge shotguns all their adult life, as it is a suitable gauge for many popular hunting uses.