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  2. Autofrettage - Wikipedia

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    The technique is commonly used in manufacture of high-pressure pump cylinders, warship and gun barrels, and fuel injection systems for diesel engines. Due to work-hardening process it also enhances wear life of the barrel marginally. While autofrettage will induce some work hardening, that is not the primary mechanism of strengthening.

  3. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Barrel nut: A firearm component used on barrels. On handguards, a barrel nut may refer to the component that holds the handguards to the barrel. On machine guns, a barrel nut is a screw on component at the rear of the barrel that has locking lugs and a notch for quick barrel change and helps install it in the trunnion.

  4. Tapering (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Gun Research Declassified Visit to Mauser-Werke 2022. Page 52; The Ultimate in Rifle Accuracy By Glenn Newick · 1990; Gunsmithing at Home: Lock, Stock & Barrel - Page 79, John E. Traister · 1996; Gunsmithing Modern Firearms: A Gun Guy's Guide to Making Good Guns Even Better, Bryce M. Towsley · 2019; Gunsmithing - Page 176, Roy F. Dunlap · 1963

  5. Rifle bedding - Wikipedia

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    Bedding epoxy in a stock. Rifle bedding is a gunsmithing process of providing a rigid and consistent foundation for a rifle’s operational components, by creating a stable and close-fitting bearing surface between the gun's functional parts (i.e. the receiver housing the barrelled action) and its structural support (i.e. the stock) that do not deform with heat, pressure and moisture, or shift ...

  6. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    A light primer strike will result in a dead trigger and the gun will not cycle. This malfunction is not to be mistaken with a squib load which the gunpowder is ignited and the bullet fires, but is trapped in the barrel of a gun. A light primer strike will not have expanding gases as a squib load would produce as sign that there is one.

  7. FBI analyst describes damage to Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' gun in ...

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    An FBI analyst testified Monday that Alec Baldwin's "Rust" prop gun was functioning when he received it. Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial will begin with jury selection July 9.

  8. 'Rust' armorer sentenced to 18 months in fatal shooting by ...

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    Hannah Gutierrez, the chief weapons handler for the Western movie "Rust," was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot when actor ...

  9. Lock, stock, and barrel - Wikipedia

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    "Lock, stock, and barrel" is a merism used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning "all", "total" or "everything". It derives from the effective portions of a gun : the lock , the stock , and the barrel .