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  2. Parts kit - Wikipedia

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    The National Firearms Act (NFA) restricts the possession of automatic firearms, so most parts kits end up used with a semi-automatic receiver. In addition, under US gun law, a receiver that is legally a machine gun cannot legally become semi-automatic. [4] There is no federal restriction on the purchase and import of machine gun parts kits ...

  3. Semi-automatic pistol - Wikipedia

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    A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel.. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol [1]) is a repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired, but only one round of ammunition is fired each time the trigger is pulled.

  4. List of semi-automatic pistols - Wikipedia

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    Ortgies Semi-Automatic Pistol: H. Ortgies & Co..25 ACP.32 ACP.380 ACP Weimar Republic: 1919 OTs-21 Malysh: Kalashnikov Concern: 9×18mm Makarov.380 ACP Russia: 1994 OTs-27 Berdysh: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 9×18mm Makarov 9×19mm Parabellum 7.62×25mm Tokarev Russia: 1994 OTs-33 Pernach: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 9×18mm Makarov Russia ...

  5. Receiver (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...

  6. Semi-automatic firearm - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...

  7. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Battle rifle: A service rifle capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire of a full-power rifle cartridge. Bayonet lug : An attachment point at the muzzle end of a long gun for a bayonet . Belt : An ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into some machine guns in place of a magazine .

  8. ArmaLite AR-7 - Wikipedia

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    The ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer is a semi-automatic firearm in .22 Long Rifle caliber, developed in 1959 from the AR-5 that was adopted by the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and aircrew survival weapon. [1] The AR-7 was adopted and modified by the Israeli Air Force as an aircrew survival weapon in the 1980s.

  9. 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 ...