Ballistics Summative

Question 1

Define Action

Answer 1

Part of firearm that loads, fires, and ejects cartridge

Question 2

Define barrell

Answer 2

Metal tube through which bullet is fired

Question 3

Define breach

Answer 3

End of barrel attached to the action

Question 4

Define Butt/buttstick

Answer 4

Portion of gun which is held or shouldered

Question 5

Define Bullet

Answer 5

Projectile: Shaped different for different purposes

Question 6

Define Round-nose in terms of bullets?

Answer 6

End of the bullet is blunted

Question 7

Define hollow-point in terms of bullets?

Answer 7

Central cavity in bullet nose

Question 8

Define Jacketed in terms of bullets

Answer 8

Soft lead is surrounded by another metal (think jacket over clothing)

Question 9

Define wadcutter in terms of bullets

Answer 9

Front of bullet is flattened

Question 10

Define Caliber

Answer 10

Diameter of bore measured from land to land

Question 11

Define cartridge

Answer 11

AKA round, made up of case, primer, powder, and bullet

Question 12

Define centerfire

Answer 12

Cartridge contains primer in the center of the base which can be struck by firing pin

Question 13

Define Chamber

Answer 13

part of action that holds cartridge ready for firing

Question 14

Define gauge

Answer 14

Reders to the diameter of the barrel on a shotgun in terms of the number of lead balls the size of the bit would take to weigh one pound

Question 15

Define hammer

Answer 15

Metal rod or plate that typically drives a firing pin to strike cartridge primer

Question 16

Define lands and grooves

Answer 16

Lands are metal inside the barrel

Question 17

Magazine

Answer 17

Device for storing cartridges in a repeating firearm for loa ding into the chamber

Question 18

Magnum

Answer 18

improved cartridge

Question 19

Muzzle

Answer 19

end of barrel which bullet exits

Question 20

Primer

Answer 20

substance that ignites when struck to detonate powder

Question 21

Rimfire

Answer 21

Primer inside base of cartridge

Question 22

Rifling

Answer 22

Spiral grooves cut inside gun barrel to give bullet spinning motion

Question 23

When did gunpowder first appear?

Answer 23

China

Question 24

what is yaw?

Answer 24

Bullet Turn sideways