Florida BRT Corrections – Firearms Questions and Answers 100% Solved

Florida BRT Corrections – Firearms Questions and Answers 100% Solve d shooting hand ✔️✔️the hand used to shoot the firearm support hand ✔️✔️the hand that assists the shooting hand safety check ✔️✔️performed each time you pick up, put down, or hand a firearm to another person, and involves pulling back the slide to the locked position or opening the cylinder or bolt to physically and visually check that the firearm is not loaded action ✔️✔️is the mechanism of a firearm involved with presenting the round or cartridge for firing, and in removing the spent casing and introducing a fresh round or cartridge; this known as "cycling the gun" deadly force ✔️✔️force that is likely to cause death or great bodily harm case/casing ✔️✔️the metal or plastic container that holds all parts of a round of ammunition: primer, powder charge, and bullet rim ✔️✔️the edge on the base of a cartridge case that stops the progress of the case into the chamber crimp (shotgun only) ✔️✔️the part of the case mouth that bends inward to grip the bullet; with shotgun shells, the term applies to the closure at the case mouth headstamp ✔️✔️markings found on the head of the ammunition that indicate caliber or gauge and identify manufacturer shot (shotgun only) ✔️✔️spherical pellets of various sizes, usually made of lead primer ✔️✔️mixture used to ignite the propellant or powder charge powder ✔️✔️propellant used in most firearms; it produces a large volume of gas when ignited wad (shotgun only) ✔️✔️the only part not found in any other centerfire cartridge; this is used to seal/confine gases; can be made of plastic or compressed cardboard bullet ✔️✔️portion of the cartridge that becomes a projectile when in flight round ✔️✔️complete ammunition cartridge that contains all parts of ammunition; a military term meaning one single cartridge caliber ✔️✔️is a measurement used to identify different cartridge (projectile) sizes gauge ✔️✔️a measurement of shotgun bores derived from the number of bore -sized balls of lead per pound birdshot ✔️✔️normally used for bird hunting or practice; this shell has a load of small diameter lead or steel shot pellets 00 buckshot (double -aught buckshot) ✔️✔️the standard 2 3/4 -inch shell contains nine .33 caliber lead pellets; the 3 -inch magnum shell contains twelve .32 caliber pellets; the spread pattern from a 20 -inch barrel is approximately 1 -inch spread per yard rifled slug ✔️✔️a single, hollow led bullet that weighs from 7/8 to 1 1/8 ounce duty life ✔️✔️the recommended time (normally expressed in months) for which you can expect ammunition to be reliable when used on duty shelf life ✔️✔️the recommended time (normally expressed in years) for which you can expect ammunition to be reliable, from manufacturer time to issue time handgun ✔️✔️refers to either the semiautomatic pistol or the revolver single -action ✔️✔️a firearm in which the hammer must be cocked before the weapon can be fired double action only ✔️✔️a firearm in which every round fires double action with the hammer at rest against the rear of the slide double/single ✔️✔️a pistol in which the hammer must be manually cocked and the first round fires double action but the subsequent rounds fire single action stance ✔️✔️the posture a shooter assumes firing a shot barricade position ✔️✔️a position behind cover cover ✔️✔️any object or obstacle that creates a bullet -resistant barrier between you and a threat sight alignment ✔️✔️the relationship of the front sight and rear sight with the shooter's eye(s) sight picture ✔️✔️the relationship between the eye, front sight, rear sight, and target breath control ✔️✔️important in the aiming process; breathing while trying to aim causes the handgun to move vertically along with the rise and fall of one's chest trigger control ✔️✔️results when the trigger finger pulls the trigger straight back with increasing yet constant and steady pressure until the firearm discharges follow -through ✔️✔️the maintenance of sight alignment before, during, and after firing a round point shooting ✔️✔️the technique used when you cannot use the sights on your weapon or you have no time to align the sight properly malfunction ✔️✔️a condition that prevents a weapon from operating normally squib load ✔️✔️a malfunction that occurs when the primer ignites and there is no burn or partial burn of the powder charge failure to fire ✔️✔️occurs when the trigger is pulled, but the round fails to detonate failure to feed ✔️✔️the cartridge fails to feed into the chamber failure to eject/stovepipe ✔️✔️occurs when a fired cartridge case does not completely eject double feed (handgun) ✔️✔️a failure to extract the round in the chamber and a new round being fed from the magazine failure to extract ✔️✔️occurs when the pistol fails to extract a spent casing from its chamber