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  2. Forearm (firearm component) - Wikipedia

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    Near the front of the forearm there is often an underside sling swivel stud and sometimes also a barrel-band to secure the forearm to the barrel (as seen in the photo). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some forearms are equipped with additional heat shields to protect the user from heat radiating from the barrel when the firearm is fired.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

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    Gunstock Finishing & Care: A Textbook, covering the various Means and Methods by which modern Protective and Decorative Coatings may be applied in the correct and suitable Finishing of Gun and Rifle Stocks. For Amateur and Professional Use. Georgetown, South Carolina: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company. Stelle & Harrison, J.P. & Wm.B. (1883).

  5. Obama and other gun control advocates own stock in firearms ...

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    WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Barack Obama might seem an unlikely investor in the firearms industry. But the U.S. president, a fierce advocate for gun regulation, has money in a pension fund that ...

  6. Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

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    Federal law requires the holders of a federal firearms license (FFL), such as gun stores, pawn shops, outdoors stores and other licensees, to perform a background check of the buyer and keep a record of the sale for any commercial sale, regardless of whether the sale takes place at the seller's regular place of business or at a gun show ...

  7. Bump stock - Wikipedia

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    Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to assist in bump firing, the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire cartridges in rapid succession. The legality of bump stocks in the United States came under question [1] [2] [3] following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, in which 60 people were killed and 869 ...

  8. Gunstock - Wikipedia

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    Gunstock may refer to: Objects. Stock (firearms), a component of a long gun; Gunstock war club, a Native American weapon; Place names in the United States.

  9. A. B. Dick Company - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, the company acquired Itek Graphix, a leading manufacturer of plate-makers for duplicators (small format offset presses). By the late 1990s, A. B. Dick was a division of the Nesco company of Cleveland. [2] The company filed for bankruptcy in 2004, and its assets were acquired by Presstek, a manufacturer of prepress products. [8]