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HANDGUNS/FIREARMS

HANDGUNS/FIREARMS. By Brennon Sapp. bsapp.com. Types of Hand Guns. Revolvers Older style Single or double action No safety Rugged 5-8 rounds Retains shells when fired. Pistols Modern design Semi-Automatic Varied safeties Temperamental 10-20 rounds Ejects shells when fired.

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HANDGUNS/FIREARMS

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  1. HANDGUNS/FIREARMS By Brennon Sapp bsapp.com

  2. Types of Hand Guns Revolvers Older style Single or double action No safety Rugged 5-8 rounds Retains shells when fired • Pistols • Modern design • Semi-Automatic • Varied safeties • Temperamental • 10-20 rounds • Ejects shells when fired bsapp.com

  3. Revolver Diagram bsapp.com

  4. Pistol Diagrams bsapp.com

  5. Names for Common Handguns 32 9mm 44 22 357 Diameter of the bore from land to land Measured in 100ths of an inch or mm

  6. Down the Barrel • As a bullet travels down the barrel of a gun it is twisted by the lands and grooves of the barrel. • These lands and grooves are called rifling bsapp.com

  7. Rifling rifling causes the bullet to exit the end of the barrel in a spiral motion; stabilizing the round bsapp.com

  8. Rifling Analogy Throwing a spiral pass in football Rifling is done to increase ACCURACY

  9. Do all guns have rifling? • Most weapons do have rifling • Shot guns do not • Small shotgun pellets would not be affected by rifling

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