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Firearms Terms
  

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Accidental Discharge -- An unintentional firing of the gun which is caused only by mechanical error. If mechanical error was not the cause, it is a negligent discharge.

ACP -- An abbreviation for Automatic Colt Pistol. It is commonly used to designate specific calibers, particularly those which were originally designed by John Moses Browning for the Colt Firearms Company.

Action -- A group of moving parts used to load, fire, and unload the firearm.

Adjustable Rake -- The angle at which the gun is held on the belt by the holster is called the cant or the rake, thus, a holster with an adjustable rake is one which allows the user to easily change the holster angle herself.

Adjustable Stock -- A stock is the wooden, polymer, or metal part of a long gun which is braced against the shooter's shoulder while shooting. An adjustable stock is one which can be easily lengthened or shortened to fit shooters of different sizes.

Adjustable Trigger -- A trigger in which one or more parameter may be easily adjusted by the user. The most common adjustment is pull weight, but a fully adjustable trigger may be adjustable for pull distance, individual trigger stage distances, individual trigger stage weights, release point, left/right cant, overtravel, and possibly others.

Ambidextrous Safety -- A manual safety which can be easily reached with either hand. It often features dual levers, with one lever on each side of the firearm.

Ammo -- See ammunition.

Ammunition -- Typically, the term refers to the complete package of components the firearm needs in order to fire. This often includes a projectile (the bullet, slug, or pellets), a propellant (the powder), and a primer. Shotgun ammunition also includes a wad, which acts as a buffer between the shot and the powder and seals in the gases which propel the shot out of the barrel.  Ammunition components are held together within a case (handguns and rifles) or a shell (shotguns).

Assault Rifle -- A military firearm which fires a reduced power rifle round and is capable of both fully-automatic and semi-automatic modes of fire. See also: automatic, semi-automatic, assault weapon

Assault Weapon -- A political term with no fixed definition, being defined differently by different groups in various jurisdictions. Because the actual definition is so fluid, laws written to regulate "assault weapons" often define the term by various cosmetic characteristics which do not affect the firearms' power or function in any fundamental way. The term is distinct from the term assault rifle, which is a technical term with a specific meaning widely accepted both in law and within the technical community.

Autoloader -- A semi-automatic pistol, shotgun, or rifle.

Automatic -- A firearm which rapidly fires multiple shots with a single pull of the trigger. A fully automatic firearm is commonly called a machine gun.