When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Barrel threads - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_threads

    Typically, many rifles use thread diameters in the range between 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in). [citation needed] Many older rifles from the first half of the 20th century use a thread pitch around 2 mm (12.7 TPI), while many modern rifle use thread pitches around 1.5 mm (16.93 TPI). Fine threaded systems intended for hand tightening typically ...

  3. Category:Firearm muzzle devices - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Firearm_muzzle...

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us

  4. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber_conversion_device

    Conversions for short recoil pistols, such as the M1911, Glock, and Beretta 92 consist of a new upper assembly and magazine. Conversions for .22 caliber centerfire rifles and carbines such as the AR-15 and Mini-14 consist of a magazine and an insert that replaces the bolt and includes a cartridge conversion insert that goes into the chamber.

  5. Blank-firing adapter - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-firing_adapter

    U.S. Army soldiers in UCP ACUs training with their M4 carbines fitted with bright yellow blank-firing adapters.. A blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), [1] sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition for safety reasons, functional reasons or a combination of them both.

  6. Muzzle booster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_booster

    Animation of the Vickers muzzle booster operation, showing the expanding gases pushing the barrel to the rear relative to the cooling jacket. A Vickers-type muzzle (or recoil) booster, the "typical" type, consists of two parts: a flared "cup" on the muzzle of the barrel, and a perforated tube around the end of the muzzle, attached to the main body of the weapon.

  7. Muzzle brake - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_brake

    A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise. [1] Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported.

  8. Forearm (firearm component) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forearm_(firearm_component)

    In firearms, the forearm (also known as the fore-end/forend, handguard or forestock) is a section of a gunstock between the receiver and the muzzle. It is used as a gripping surface to hold the gun steady and is usually made out of heat-insulating material such as wood or reinforced plastic .

  9. Choke (firearms) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_(firearms)

    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