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NRA BASIC PISTOL INSTRUCTOR PRE-TEST EXAM
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025
ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the three components of a pistol? - (answers)Frame, barrel, action
What is the inside of the barrel called? - (answers)bore
What are the two components of rifling? - (answers)Lands and grooves
What is the "action" of a firearm? - (answers)A group of moving parts used to
load, fire and unload
Where is the "chamber" located on a semi-auto handgun? - (answers)A notch
machined into the top rear of the slide which allows the cartridge rim to be seen
What are the four components of a cartridge - (answers)Bullet, case, powder,
primer
Misfire - (answers)Failure to fire
Hangfire - (answers)Delay in the ignition of a cartridge after the primer or case
has been struck by the firing pin
NRA BASIC PISTOL INSTRUCTOR PRE-TEST EXAM
WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST 2025
ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the three components of a pistol? - (answers)Frame, barrel, action
What is the inside of the barrel called? - (answers)bore
What are the two components of rifling? - (answers)Lands and grooves
What is the "action" of a firearm? - (answers)A group of moving parts used to
load, fire and unload
Where is the "chamber" located on a semi-auto handgun? - (answers)A notch
machined into the top rear of the slide which allows the cartridge rim to be seen
What are the four components of a cartridge - (answers)Bullet, case, powder,
primer
Misfire - (answers)Failure to fire
Hangfire - (answers)Delay in the ignition of a cartridge after the primer or case
has been struck by the firing pin
