6. Operating Firearms Actions

Question 1

What are the 6 types of actions

Answer 1

muzzleloader, hinge (or break) action, bolt action, lever action, pump action, semi-auto action

Question 2

What is a hinge action?

Answer 2

opens near the breech and is usually single or double barreled

Question 3

What is bolt action?

Answer 3

similar to a door bolt and can be single or multiple shot

Question 4

What is a lever action?

Answer 4

has a metal handle that opens the action. It can be single or multiple shot

Question 5

What is a pump action?

Answer 5

works by pumping the fore-end of the stock back and forth and is usually multiple shots

Question 6

What is a semi-automatic action?

Answer 6

extracts and ejects empty casings and inserts another cartridge in the chamber automatically

Question 7

What is a slide/tang safety?

Answer 7

Common on shotguns and rifles. Usually on the right side of the receiver on rifles and on the top for shotguns

Question 8

What is a pivot/lever/rocker safety?

Answer 8

commonly found on modern firearms and old military firearms. Usually location above the trigger area on the left or right side of the bolt

Question 9

What is a wing safety?

Answer 9

Commonly found on the bolt of a bolt action. Location above the trigger area on the left or right side of the bolt

Question 10

What is a trigger block/lever safety?

Answer 10

Commonly used on lever action firearms. Ensures the lever-action firearm will not fire unless the lever action is pressed firmly against the stock

Question 11

What are the 3 positions of a hammer on half-cock notch safety?

Answer 11

fully forward - hammer is resting on the firing pin. May fire.
half-cock - the hammer is part way back and the safety is considered on
full-cock - the hammer is all of the way back and the safety is off

Question 12

What is cross-bolt safety?

Answer 12

a push button type of safety. Could be marked as safe and fire, on and off, or red meaning that the safety is off

Question 13

What is an action releases?

Answer 13

Most firearms have some type of mechanism that must be moved to allow an action to be opened or closed.

Question 14

How do you check the barrel for obstructions?

Answer 14

Looking through the BACK of the barrel. Unload and make sure the chamber is empty before looking down from the muzzle end

Question 15

What are the steps to loading?

Answer 15

ACTS-PROVE that it is safe, clear/clean for obstructions, point it in a safe direction while loading, make sure nothing touches the trigger, put the safety on, load with the correct ammo, close the action

Question 16

How do you unload a bolt rifle?

Answer 16

pivot the bolt up and back

Question 17

What are the most common repeating firearms?

Answer 17

bolt action, lever action, pump action, semi-auto

Question 18

What is a box magazine?

Answer 18

usually under the gun stacking the bullets

Question 19

What is a tubular magazine?

Answer 19

Either under the barrel or in the stock. A tube with the bullets tip to base

Question 20

What are the steps to a bolt action repeater?

Answer 20

bolt down, bolt pivots upward, bolt pulled back

Question 21

What are the steps to a lever-action repeater?

Answer 21

Pull the lever down and back into in place again

Question 22

Name the safety that is located on top of the receiver, which is operated by sliding it forward or backwards with your thumb?

Answer 22

Slide tang safety

Question 23

Name the safety where the hammer is pulled back to the first click, away from the firing pin?

Answer 23

hammer half cock

Question 24

When operating a cross-bolt safety, what indicates that the gun is ready to fire?

Answer 24

It is a push button safety and can be things like safe or fire, red, on/off

Question 25

Name the safety which is released, when the leaver is pulled tight against the stock allowing the gun to shoot?

Answer 25

Trigger block or lever