Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
A group of moving parts used to cock, compress air (in some models), load, and fire an air gun.
The combination of the receiver or frame and breech bolt together with the other parts of the mechanism by which a firearm is loaded, fired and unloaded.
In general the part of a firearm by which it is loaded, fired or unloaded. Also referred to as the receiver, the breech or the frame of a firearm.
The moving parts that allow you to load, fire and unload your shotgun (See Breech, Chamber, Trigger).
When a gun is fired, loaded or locked.
The action of a gun is generally the sum of its moving parts.
The mechanism by which the firearm operates. Common actions include bolt and lever (such as used with rifles) pump action (often found on shotguns) and double and single action (used on pistols and revolvers)
The part of a gun that loads and fires cartridges and ejects empty cases. In handguns there are three types: single action revolvers, double action revolvers, and semi-automatic pistols. In rifles and shotguns there are five types of actions: semi-automatic, bolt, break, pump, and lever.
The heart of the gun, receiver, bolt or breech block feeding and firearm mechanism - see Box Lock, Rolling Block, or Side Lock.
The mechanism which ejects the spent case and brings a fresh cartridge into the firing chamber.
The mechanism of a firearm by which it is loaded, locked, fired and unloaded. In a revolver, usually means the cylinder. In semi-automatic pistols it usually refers to the slide. In rifles, refers to the bolt mechanism.
The working mechanism of a firearm that loads the cartridge, fires the cartridge, extracts and ejects the spent cartridge case.
The working mechanism of a firearm. Various types exist, including single-shots, multi-barrels, revolvers, slide- or pump- actions, lever-actions, bolt-actions, semi-automatics and automatics.
The assembly of moving parts that feed the cartridge into the chamber, lock and seal the chamber, fire the cartridge, unlock the chamber, extract and eject the empty cartridge case.
The action of a firearm refers to the physical parts that control loading and firing. A reference to the action, as a noun rather than an adjective, refers to the assembly that makes up the fire control group: trigger, sear, bolt, firing pin and other associated parts of the gun's lockwork. When together, these parts are an action assembly.
