Cartridge - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Rim fire
Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base distinguished from center fire said of cartridges also using rim fire cartridges as a rim fire gun Such cartridges are now little used...
Colt pistol
A self loading or semi automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case and reloads ready for another shot Called also Browning pistol Colt Browning pistol automatic pistol and automatic...
Bandoleer
A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges but later only as a cartridge belt...
Breechblock
The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech loading firearm and resists the backward force of the discharge It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge and closed again before the gun is fired...
Cannelure
A groove in any cylinder specif a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling Also a groove around the base of a cartridge where the extractor takes hold...
Cartridge
A complete charge for a firearm contained in or held together by a case capsule or shell of metal pasteboard or other material...
Colt revolver
A revolver made according to a system using a patented revolving cylinder holding six cartridges patented by Samuel Colt an American inventor in 1835 With various modifications it was for many years been the standard for the United States army...
deionizer
an apparatus used to remove ions from a solution a common variant contains a mixture of cation exchange resin in the acid form and anion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form inside a replaceable cartridge ions in aqueous solution are exchanged for the elements of water by passing the solution through the mixed resin...
Epinglette
An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming...
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