Chemis Flashcards
Sec. 877 fire armss included Riffle, muskets, cabinets,shotguns,pistols, revolvers. Discharge by gun powder
Legal Definition
Mean of Expasive force of gases
Technical definition
Known is design to expel a projectiles by the action
Other definition
Barrel less than 12 inches
Pistols/ revolvers
Barrel less than 15 inches
Rifles
Barrel less than 24 inches
Shotgun
Resembling gunpowder are known to have been use in fireworks over 100 year ago in china
Crude chemical mixtures
Gun powder made of
Salt peter
Sulfur
Charcoal
Parts of gun bullet
Slug or bullet head
Cartridge shell
Earliest firearm in Europe during 14th century cannons, hand cannons simple tubes closed at one end
Touch hole
Weaponry which allowed the mechanical lowering of a smoldering nitrate cord fused
Serpentine ( match lock)
Have lands and grooves (rifling )
Inside the gun barrel
Create a gyroscopic effect
Rifled -bored firearms
Firearms that have no rifling inside the gun barrel
Ex. Shotguns and muskets
Smooth bore firearms
Types of firearms that propel projectiles less than one inch in diameter
Ex. Cannons, mortars and bazocka
Artillery
Designed to be fired by one hand
Hand guns