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  2. Browning Citori - Wikipedia

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    United States President Barack Obama firing a Browning Citori 525 on the range at Camp David. [4] The side jet of smoke is from the ported barrel.. Browning Citoris come in all of the popular shotgun shell gauges, and are made in an over-under "stacked" barrel configuration, with forends and buttstocks made from high quality walnut wood.

  3. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A hammer block is similar to a firing pin block. It is a latch, block or other obstruction built into the action and normally positioned to prevent the hammer contacting the cartridge primer or firing pin when at rest. Similar to the firing pin block, the obstruction to the hammer's travel is removed as a consequence of pulling the trigger ...

  4. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    A slamfire is a premature, unintended discharge of a firearm that occurs as a round is being loaded into the chamber, when the bolt "slams" forward (hence the name), as a result of the firing pin having not been retracted into the bolt, or from the firing pin being carried forward by the momentum of returning to battery. Similar to a hammer ...

  5. Firing pin - Wikipedia

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    A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire. In firearms terminology, a striker is a particular type of firing pin where a compressed spring acts directly on the firing pin to provide the impact force rather than it being struck by a hammer.

  6. Microstamping - Wikipedia

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    The United States National Research Council released a report in 2008 that endorsed the investigation of microstamping as an alternative to ballistic markings.It had concluded that a national database of ballistic markings is unworkable and that there is not enough scientific evidence that, "every gun leaves microscopic marks on bullets and cartridge cases that are unique to that weapon and ...

  7. Electronic firing - Wikipedia

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    The firing pin must travel a short distance, creating a short delay between the user pulling the trigger and the weapon firing, which generally decreases accuracy. However, in an electronic-firearm, an electric current instead of conventional mechanical action is used to ignite the propellant which fires the projectile.

  8. Review: 'Queenpins' is a crime against your time - AOL

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    The fact-based comedy 'Queenpins' stars Kristen Bell as a suburban housewife running a coupon-counterfeiting scam. Joel McHale and Vince Vaughn co-star.

  9. Forensic firearm examination - Wikipedia

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    After test firing the guns, Goddard proved that the weapons were those used to kill the members of the North Side Gang, absolving the Chicago police department of all involvement. [12] The successful use of Goddard's technique resulted in the solidification of his place as the father of forensic firearm examination.