Firearm Parts
All firearms have three basic groups of parts.
What is Action, Barrel, and Stock
A shotgun would use rifling when using this ammunition.
What is a slug.
You can find the size of your ammunition on this part of your firearm.
What is the barrel.
The wads main purpose in a shotshell.
What is, to prevent gas from escaping.
This type of ammo is required to hunt waterfowl.
What is non-toxic or steel.
This is used to open a bolt action rifle.
What is the bolt handle.
The 3 dimensional spread of pellets when they leave the barrel.
What is shot string.
These grooves cause a bullet to spin, making it more accurate and travel faster.
What is rifling.
This is what strikes the primer. The primer then ignites and lights the gunpowder.
What is the firing pin/ or hammer.
These are the 3 types of typical gun cases.
What are the gun sock, soft case, and hard case.
This is a type of sight. It usually provides the most accurate aiming, which makes it popular for hunting. It magnifies the image into your crosshairs.
What is a telescopic sight or scope.
Shot size can be adjusted for the game or animal being hunted. As shot number goes up (Ex. Start at 6 --> Compared to 12) the pellets change size.
What is the pellets get smaller.
Handguns feature these 4 types of actions.
What is single action, double action, semi-automatic, and break action.
The primer on the bottom of a bullet, can be these 2 types.
What is centerfire and rimfire.
The furthest your bullet will travel.
What is maximum projectile range.
This specific safety type, is a simple push button.
What is Cross-Bolt Safety.
This is the biggest gauge a shotgun would have.
What is 10 gauge.
This is how you should store your firearm.
What is locked and separate from ammo.
Most ammunition varies depending on the type of firearm. Rifles and handgun ammunition use this, containing a single projectile.
What is a cartridge.
The range you can get a clean and ethical kill.
What is effective kill range.
Shotguns and Rifles both have these 5 common types of actions.
What is Bolt Action, Lever Action, Pump Action, Semi-Automatic, and Break/ Hinge Action.
These 4 types of shotgun chokes tighten or alter the spread.
What is cylinder, improved, modified, and full choke.
Rifle and handgun bores are measured by this.
What is caliber.
There are 4 and sometimes 5 components of ammunition.
What is the casing, primer, gunpowder, projectile and wad.
These are the 4 types of safety's we've learned.
What is cross-bolt, pivot, slide, hammer safety.