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  2. Muzzle shroud - Wikipedia

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    Linear compensators and suppressors do not have the disadvantages of a redirected muzzle blast; they actually reduce the blast by venting high pressure gas forward at reduced velocity A muzzle shroud can be used in conjunction with other muzzle devices (such as a muzzle brake, flash suppressor or a brake/suppressor hybrid device). This way the ...

  3. List of multiple-barrel firearms - Wikipedia

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    Feldl gun: 11x50mmR Bavaria: 1867 Fokker-Leimberger: A.H.G. Fokker & Leimberger: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1916 Fyodorov–Shpagin Model 1922: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Soviet Union: 1922 Gardner gun United States: 1874 Gast gun: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1915 Gatling gun United States: 1861 GAU-8 Avenger: General Electric: 30×173mm United States ...

  4. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from the ...

  5. Gas-operated reloading - Wikipedia

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    Most current gas systems employ some type of piston. The face of the piston is acted upon by combustion gas from a port in the barrel or a trap at the muzzle. Early guns, such as Browning's "flapper" prototype, the Bang rifle, and the Garand rifle, used relatively low-pressure gas from at or near the muzzle. This, combined with larger operating ...

  6. Muzzle brake - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. AS Val and VSS Vintorez - Wikipedia

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    The VSS Vintorez suppressor and operating systems are exactly the same as the AS Val, but optimised to fire the 9×39mm SP-5 subsonic cartridge with a hardened steel or tungsten tip to defeat body armour. [11] The AS Val uses a 20-round detachable box magazine, while the VSS Vintorez uses a 10-round, though they are interchangeable. [4]

  8. Heckler & Koch Mark 23 - Wikipedia

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    It uses a different suppressor (due to 16 x 1mm left handed threading, as opposed to 16 x 1mm right-handed on the MK 23). An even more compact pistol than the USP Tactical for counter-terrorist and special forces use is the HK USP Compact Tactical , which has its own optional LAM.

  9. Lock, stock, and barrel - Wikipedia

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    The lock, stock and barrel of a flintlock musket " 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 .