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An early technique for making
barrels where strips or wires of iron and steel are twisted or braided in a spiral fashion and forged into a
barrel. Such barrels are not strong enough to withstand the pressures of modern
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A generic term applied to a variety of pistols that are designed to be kept in a pocket. Originally associated with small
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A large variety of removable
magazines. |
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The unintentional firing of a second shot usually caused by a
malfunction of the
firearm. |
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Two barrels in a firearm mounted to one frame. Can be vertically (“over-under”)or
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A three-barreled gun, popular in
Germany, with a rifle
barrel
beneath two shotgun
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A large-capacity
magazine in
which
cartridges are arranged in a spiral around a
central wind-axis. |
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