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  2. Firearm maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Front cover – The M16A1 Rifle – Operation and Preventive Maintenance by Will Eisner, issued to American soldiers in the Vietnam War. An inadequately maintained firearm will often accumulate excessive fouling and dirt within the barrel and receiver, which not only can clog up the rifling and decrease the firearm's accuracy and precision, but can also interfere with the proper operation of ...

  3. Muzzle brake - Wikipedia

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    Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported. The concept of a muzzle brake was first introduced for artillery. It was a common feature on many anti-tank guns, especially those mounted on tanks, in order to reduce the area needed to take up the strokes of recoil and kickback. They have been used in various forms for rifles ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene back controversial pistol ...

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    Biden administration regulation requires gun owners to pay fee or remove pistol braces Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene back controversial pistol braces as they tour gun shop: ‘I have one ...

  6. Gun advocates challenge Biden administration rules on handgun ...

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    The braces attach to the back of a gun, lengthening it, and strap to the arm. They were originally developed for disabled people. However, gun-safety groups say they essentially can be used to ...

  7. Appeals court ruling deals legal setback to Biden ... - AOL

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    A federal appeals court dealt a legal setback to the Biden administration on guns Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging tighter regulations on stabilizing braces, an accessory that has been used in ...

  8. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    A light primer strike will result in a dead trigger and the gun will not cycle. This malfunction is not to be mistaken with a squib load which the gunpowder is ignited and the bullet fires, but is trapped in the barrel of a gun. A light primer strike will not have expanding gases as a squib load would produce as sign that there is one.

  9. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

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    Re-creation of part of a gun shop from the 1850s (photo circa 2015) A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns.The occupation differs from an armorer, who usually replaces only worn parts in standard firearms.