Firearms Question with complete solution 2023
Firearms Question with complete solution 2023Any lethal weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet, or other missile can be discharged. Section 57 Firearms Act 1968 What is a Firearm? A hand-fired weapon that does not contain any explosive. When trigger is pulled, pellet is expelled by release of compressed gas. Suitable for short-distance shooting. Air-gun A hand-fired weapon Includes pistols and revolvers Suitable for short-distance shooting Handgun Automatically loading weapon. Capable of rapidly firing multiple rounds. Machine-gun A weapon fired from the shoulder, with a rifled bore. Suitable for long-distance shooting. Rifle Smooth bored barrel. Ammunition is small spherical pellets in a plastic cartridge. Suitable for short-distance shooting. Shotgun 1) ID of a bullet, cartridge case, or other ammunition component as having been fired by or in a particular firearm. 2)The possibility of such ID can be attributed to specific machining processes used in the manufacture of firearms Firearms Examination Part of a firearm that loads, fires and ejects a cartridge Action The metal tube through which the bullet is fired Barrel Inside of the barrel 'Smoothbore' weapons (typically shot guns) have no rifling Most handguns and rifles have 'rifling' Bore The end of the barrel attached to the action Breech The end of the bullet is blunted 'Round-nose' There is a hole in the bullet that creates expansion when a target is struck, creating more damage 'Hollow-point' The soft lead is surrounded by another metal, usually copper, that allows the bullet to penetrate a target more easily Jacketed - The front of the bullet is flattened Wadcutter Intermediate between round-nose & wadcutter Semi-wadcutter The diameter of the bore measured from land to land, usually expressed in hundredths of an inch (.22cal) or in mm (9mm) Calibre
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