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Firearms, Classification and Parts Flashcards

1
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refers to any handheld or portable weapon, whether a small arm or light weapon, **that expels or is designed to expel **a bullet, shot, slug, missile or any projectile, which is discharged by means of expansive force of gases from burning gunpowder

A

Firearm

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What are needed to be considered a firearm

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  • barrel
  • frame
  • receiver
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Long arms or shoulder arms

A rifled weapon normally designed to be fired with the support of the shoulder

A

Rifle

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Long arms or shoulder arms

Long smooth bored firearm that is designed to fire a single round lead ball. Also a muzzle loading firearm

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Musket

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Long arms or shoulder arms

A smooth bored firearm having a barrel of 25-30 inches long and designed to fire a number of ball shots or a single projectile by means of energy from burning gunpowder

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Shotgun

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Terms related to Shotgun

It refers to the partial constriction of the bore near the muzzle end of the gun in order to hold the shots together over longer distances

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Choke

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Terms relating to Shotgun

The diameter of the barrel is the same throughout the barrel

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True cylinder

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Terms relating to Shotgun

A shotgun having the last few inches of the muzzle rifled so that it will impart a spin to the patented slug that is used with it

A

Paradox Gun

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Long arms or shoulder arms

A short barreled rifle, having a barrel not longer than 22 inches

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Carbine

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Handgun or Short Arm

A repeating firearm requiring a separate pull of the trigger for each shot fired. Its chamber is integral with the barrel. Magazine fed

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Semiautomatic Pistol

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Handgun or Short Arm

A firearm with a cylinder having several chambers so arranged as to rotate around an axis and be discharged successively by the same firing mechanism

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Revolver

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Types of Revolver; According to Loading Operation

The cylinder is mounted on a pivot that is coaxial with the chambers, and the cylinder swings out and down

USA

A

Swing out type

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Types of Revolver; According to Loading Operation

The frame is hinged at the bottom front of the cylinder. Releasing the lock and pushing the barrel down brings the cylinder up - this exposes the rear of the cylinder

UK

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Top break type

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Types of Revolver; According to Loading Operation

The model used a loading gate at the rear of the cylinder that allowed one cartidge at a time to be accessed for loading

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Fixed Cylinder

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Types of Revolver; According to Firing Operation

Require manual cocking of the hammer. Pulling the trigger releases the hammer, that was manually cocked

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Single-action Revolvers

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16
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According to Mechanical Construction

Type of firearm designed to fire only one shot for every loading. A hand chambering firearm

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Single Shot Firearm

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According to Mechanical Construction

Fire several shots in one loading. A rifle that have a number of cartridges stored in some form of magazine

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Repeating Arms

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According to Mechanical Construction

After the first shot is fired, automatic loading or feeding of the chamber takes place

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Automatic Loading Type

19
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According to Mechanical Construction

Reloading is done by manipulation of the bolt

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Bolt Action Type

20
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According to Mechanical Construction

A design wherein the breech mechanism is cycled by an external lever generally below the receiver

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Lever Action

21
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According to Mechanical Construction

An action which features a movable forearm which is manually actuated in motion parallel to the barrel by the shooter

Also known as PUMP ACTION

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Slide Action

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According to Mechanical Construction

A firearm requiring a separate pull of the trigger for each shot fired

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Semiautomatic Type

23
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According to Mechanical Construction

A firearm with a rifled barrel firing rifle ammunition and capable of fully automatic fire

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Machine Gun type

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According to Mechanical Construction

Synonym “machine pistol” a firearm with a riffled barrel firing pistol ammunition

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Sub-machinegun type

25
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According to RA 10591

FA which was manufactured at least seventy-five (75) years prior to the current date
FA which is certified by the National Museum of the Philippines to be curio or relic of museum interest

A

Antique firearm

26
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According to RA 10591

Refers to FA that is taken into custody by the PNP, NBI, PDEA, and all other law enforcement agencies by reason of their mandate and must be necessarily reported or turned over to the FEO of the PNP

A

Confiscated firearm

27
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According to RA 10591

Refers to a FA deliberately made incapable of performing its main purpose of firing a projectile

A

Demilitarized Firearm

28
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According to RA 10591

Refers to a FA that is subject to forfeiture by reason of court order as accessory penalty or for the disposition by the FEO of the PNP or FAs considered as abandoned, surrendered, confiscated or revoked in compliance with existing rules and regulations

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Forfeited Firearm

29
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According to RA 10591

Refers to a replica of a FA, or other device that is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing FA as to lead a reasonable person to believe that such imitation FA is a real firearm

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Imitation Firearm

30
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According to RA 10591

Refers to any FA whose serial number or other identification or ballistics characteristics have been intentionally tampered with, obliterated or altered without authority or in order to conceal its source, identity or ownership

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Tampered, obliterated or altered firearm

31
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According to RA 10591

Refers to an unregistered FA, an obliterated or altered FA, firearm which has been lost or stolen, illegally manufactured FAs, registered FAs in the possession of an individual other than the licensee and those with revoked licenses in accordance with the rules and regulations

A

Loose Firearm

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