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Firearms: Its Nature and Classification

Firearms can be classified in two main ways: by barrel construction and by projectile caliber. Based on barrel construction, firearms are either smoothbore or rifled. Based on caliber, they are either artillery that fires projectiles over 1 inch in diameter, or small arms that fire projectiles under 1 inch and can be operated by one person. Small arms include machine guns, shoulder arms, and handguns. Shoulder arms include rifles and shotguns, with rifles having types like bolt action, lever, slide action, and automatic, and shotguns having types like single, double, pump action, and auto-loading.

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Firearms: Its Nature and Classification

Firearms can be classified in two main ways: by barrel construction and by projectile caliber. Based on barrel construction, firearms are either smoothbore or rifled. Based on caliber, they are either artillery that fires projectiles over 1 inch in diameter, or small arms that fire projectiles under 1 inch and can be operated by one person. Small arms include machine guns, shoulder arms, and handguns. Shoulder arms include rifles and shotguns, with rifles having types like bolt action, lever, slide action, and automatic, and shotguns having types like single, double, pump action, and auto-loading.

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Firearms: Its Nature and

Classification
Two General Classification of FA
A. Accdg to Interior Barrel Construction
1. Smooth Bore FA= Fas have no
rifling(lands and grooves) ex ( Shotguns,
musket)
2. Rifled Bore FA= FAs have rifling inside their
gun barrel (rifles, pistols, revolvers)
B. Accdg to the Caliber of the Projectile
Propelled
1. Artillery- Fas that propels projectiles with
more than one inch diameter (Cannons,
Mortars and Bazookas
2. Small Arms- Fas that propel a
projectile with less than one inch diameter
and it can be handled, moved and operated by
one man.
(machine gun, shoulder arm and handgun)
A. Machine Guns
a. recoil-operated
b. gas-operated
c. combined recoil and gas-operated
Sub-Machine Gun (SMG)
B. Shoulder Arms
Rifles, Shotguns
Rifles-
Single-shot rifle
Repeating rifle
Types of Repeating rifles
1. Bolt Action Type
2. Lever type
3. Slide Action Type
4. Automatic type
Carbine. A short barrel rifle, not longer than 22 inches
Muskets
Shotguns
1. Bolt Action Type

2. Lever type
3. Slide Action Type

4. Automatic type
Shotguns (types accdg to its mechanism)
1. Single Barreled Shotgun
2. Double Barreled Shotgun
3. Pump Action Shotgun
4. Auto-loading Shotgun
3. Handgun

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