Blog — Speaking the Language
"You know, it's when they freeze the barrel."
When speaking with other shooters, hunters or your gunsmith, it helps to be able to "speak the language". The following are some common terms and definitions.
ACTION- The heart of the gun, receiver, bolt or breech block feeding and firearm mechanism - see Box Lock, Rolling...
ACTION- The heart of the gun, receiver, bolt or breech block feeding and firearm mechanism - see Box Lock, Rolling...
Education May be the Key
Education may be the key to preventing a real assault on firearms
ownership in the next few years. This may be especially true in the
area of semi-automatic guns.
The NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) has put together some information that can be used to educate media, politicians and others who are truly unaware of the differences in fully automatic weapons and semi-automatics that are...
The NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) has put together some information that can be used to educate media, politicians and others who are truly unaware of the differences in fully automatic weapons and semi-automatics that are...
Definitions of Terms
Shot String: The distance in a fired shot load from the last pellet to the leading pellet in a pattern as it reaches the target
Length of Pull: The distance from the center of the trigger in the cocked position to the center of the butt plate.
Stock Drop: The angle a stock either is above or below the center line of the bore of a shotgun. Largely a matter of preference and facial shape/structure....
Length of Pull: The distance from the center of the trigger in the cocked position to the center of the butt plate.
Stock Drop: The angle a stock either is above or below the center line of the bore of a shotgun. Largely a matter of preference and facial shape/structure....
Constriction & Exit Diameter
Standard (Stated) Bore Diameters
12 Gauge
Benelli .723
Beretta Optima .733
Beretta Mobilchoke .723
Beretta Xtrema Optima Plus .733
Browning Invector Plus .741
Franchi .725
Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag .775
Remington .730
Ruger Red Label .745
Winchester .730
Winchester Super X2 .741
20 Gauge
Benelli .627
Beretta .627
Browning Invector Plus .630
Remington .620
Win...