FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT FIREARM TERMS EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT FIREARM TERMS EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -194 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The action of moving live cartridges from the magazine of a firearm into the chamber.

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Feed Question 2: A small metal explosive-filled cap which is placed over the nipple of a percussion firearm.

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Cap

Question 3: A mineral used to produce sparks in primitive firearms. (It was

replaced by flint.)

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Pyrites Question 4: Refers to a firearm whose hammer and striker are concealed within the metal frame.

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Hammerless

Question 5: A small metal wrench used to wind the mechanism of a wheel-lock.

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Spanner

Question 6: A quick shot taken without deliberate aim.

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Snap Shot

Question 7: The part of a shoulder firearm by which it is held for firing and

into which the metal parts are fitted.

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Stock

Question 8: A metric measurement equaling .03907inches. (mm)

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Millimeter Question 9: The departure of a bullet or shot charge from the normal line of flight. (This can be caused by wind or the unbalanced spinning of the bullet.)

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Drift

Question 10: The front part of a firing pin which strikes the cartridge

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Striker

Question 11: The intermediate position on the action

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Half-Cock Question 12: The constriction at the muzzle of a shotgun barrel by which the spread of the shot pattern is controlled.

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Choke

Question 13: a cartridge with a metallic case.

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Metallic Cartridge Question 14: Barrels made of strips of iron and steel welded together in a spiral fashion.

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Damascus Barrels Question 15: Failure of a cartridge to discharge after the firearm's pin has struck the primer.

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Misfire

Question 16: An imaginary straight line from the eye through the sights of a

firearm to the target.

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Line of Sight

Question 17: To tilt or lean a gun to one side when aiming.

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Cant

Question 18: A strap used to carry and aid in shooting a rifle.

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Sling Question 19: One of the variety of small, crude cannons used in the early 15th century.

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Hand Cannon Question 20: The tapered rear end of a bullet. (Also called "taper heel", this design is used to increase ballistic efficiency at long range.)

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Boattail

Question 21: The edge on the base of a cartridge case which stops the progress of the case into the chamber. (It's also the part of the case the extractor grips to remove it from the chamber.)

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Rim

Question 22: A pump or slide action.

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TRombone Action

Question 23: A firearm with a smoothbore designed to fire small pellets called

shot or rifled slugs.

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Shotgun

Question 24: A bolt action which is locked by pressing the bolt handle in and

down, thereby turning its locking lugs into the receiver.

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Turn-Bolt Action Question 25: A series of projections on the bolt of a firearm designed to fit into corresponding slots in the receiver to lock the action in closed position for firing.

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Locking Lugs Question 26: In the rifling of a bore, the uncut portions of the barrel's inner surface left after the rifling grooves have been cut into the metal.

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Lands Question 27: The amount of change in the bore axis, measured both vertically and horizontally, while the projectile moves from the chamber to the muzzle when it is fired.

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Jump