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A glossary detailing specialist terminology for describing the construction and classification of firearms.

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The stock, or shoulder rest, is the shaped piece of material at the rear of the firearm used for steadying the weapon against the shoulder. Most stoks will have a loop or attachment area for a sling ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

The butt-plate is the shaped plate at the very end of the stock, where the shoulder meets the firearm. Most WWII era rifles had wood or metal butt-plates. Due to the lack of funds, many cold-war era ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

PDWs are not specifically a class of firearm, but rather a philosophy of design within firearms. PDW are for defence, in a personal or military circumstance, and are therefore designed with the ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

A common method for attaching accessories and optics to a firearm using a simple slide on and clamp method. The accessory slides over a rail and grub screws secure it in place. The current universal ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

The spring that returns the bolt or slide of the firearm to the closed position. In pistols the return spring is usually either bound around the barrel, or around the guide-rod should there be one. ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

Furnature is a slang term to describe the fittings on a rifle, namely the heat cowl, foregrip and stock. It originated from the fact that older military rifles (M1A1, Mosin Nagant, Krag etc), and ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

The SAW is a select fire receiver based rifle usually equipped with a high-capacity magazine and, in most cases, will have a belt-fed system. The purpose of a SAW is to provide sustained covering ...

Domain: Military; Category: Firearms

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