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Pump actions

Scope note

Mechanisms in breechloading firearms in which a sliding handgrip below the barrel is pulled back to open the breech and extract the case, and pushed forward to reload.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000224985

Broader Terms used

<breech mechanisms>

Equivalent Terms used

pump action

Created

13yrs ago

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