| safety, safety catch | Sicherung | ... |
| scope | Zielfernrohr | ... |
| sear | Abzugshebel | ... |
| sear | | ... |
| sear spring | Abzughebelfeder | ... |
| self-defense | | ... |
| self-loading pistol, semi-automatic pistol | Selbstladepistole
| ... |
| self-loading shotgun | Selbstladeflinte | ... |
| semi-automatic firearm, self-loading firearm | | ... |
| semi-jacketed bullet | Halbmantelgeschoss, Teilmantelgeschoss | ... |
| semi-jacketed wad cutterbullet | Teilmantelgeschoss mit Scharfrand | ... |
| service pistol | | ... |
| shall issue (licence) | | ... |
| shell holder | | ... |
| shooting center of mass | | ... |
| shooting glasses | | ... |
| shooting instructor, gun instructor | | ... |
| shooting on the move | | ... |
| shooting range | | ... |
| shooting sport | | ... |
| shooting stance | | ... |
| short-barreled rifle (SBR) | | ... |
| short-barreled shotgun (SBS) | | ... |
| shot placement | | ... |
| shot, discharge | | ... |
| shot, pellet | Schrot, Hartschrot
| Small spherical projectile made of lead or steel than can be 2-9 mm in diameter... |
| shotgun barrel, smooth bore barrel | Schrotlauf
| Smooth barrelbarrelDefinition: The metal tube through which a projectile or shot charge is fired. May be rifled or smooth...
with no rifling... |
| shotgun slug | Kugelpatrone für Flinte
| ... |
| shotguns | Schrotschusswaffen
| Firearms with smoothbore barrels firing shotgun shells... |
| shotshell hull | Hülsenmantel
| ... |
| shotshell, shotgun shell, shotgun cartridge, shot cartridge | Schrotpatrone | ... |
| shoulder | Hülsenschulter | ... |
| shoulder holster | | ... |
| side plate, lock plate | Seitenplette
| Decorative steel plates mounted to the sides of hunting rifles and shotguns... |
| side-by-side hammer gun | | Double-barrelled shotgun with external hammers.... |
| sight alignment | | ... |
| sight line | Visierlinie | ... |
| sight picture | | ... |
| sight shooting | | ... |
| sight-leaf | Visierklappe | ... |
| sights | | ... |
| signal pistol, flare gun | | ... |
| single action (SA) | | The trigger only releases the hammer or striker, cocking the hammer or striker is part of the loading process made automatically or by hand. The...... |
| single barrel shotgun | einläufige Flinte
| Long gun with one smooth barrel.... |
| single-shot firearm | | ... |
| situational awareness | | ... |
| slamfire | | ... |
| slide serrations | | ... |
| slide stop, slide stop lever, slide stop catch | Kammerfangstück | ... |
| slide, bolt, action | Verschluss
| ... |
| sling swivel | Riemenbügel | ... |
| small bore barrel (cal. 22) | Kleinkaliberlauf | ... |
| small game | | ... |
| small-bore rifle/pistol | | ... |
| smart gun | | Firearm, that can be fired only by its rightful owner. This is achieved with the help of features such as fingerprint recognition, magnetic rings or...... |
| smokeless powder | | ... |
| soft body armor | | ... |
| solid rib | massive Laufschiene
| ... |
| spark proof | | ... |
| speedloader | | ... |
| spine | Klingenrücken
| ... |
| squib load, squib round, squib, squib fire, incomplete discharge | | ... |
| stab armor | | ... |
| stab-ballistic armor, multi-threat body armor | | ... |
| stabilizer | Stabilisator | ... |
| steel core bullet | | ... |
| stock | Schaft | ... |
| stopping power | | ... |
| stovepipe, smokestack, failure to eject (FTE) | | ... |
| straight case, straightsided case | zylindrische Hülse | ... |
| strap, sling, carry sling, carrying strap, gun sling, rifle sling | | ... |
| stressfire, shooting under stress (drill) | | ... |
| striations | | ... |
| striker | Schlagbolzen | ... |
| striker status indicator, loaded chamber indicator | | ... |
| striking mechanism, firing mechanism | | ... |
| stripper clip, stripper clip guide | | ... |
| stun gun | | ... |
| submachine gun | | Automatic firearm firing pistol [[cartridges|cartridge]]. Examples of famous submachine guns: German HK MP5, Israeli Uzi, Czechoslovakian Samopal...... |
| subsonic ammunition | | ... |
| superficial injury | | ... |
| superposed rifle | Bock-Doppelbüchse
| Long gun with two barrels rifled barrels in over and under layout.... |
| superposed shotgun, over and under shotgun | Bock-Doppelflinte
| Both barrels are smoothbore, but positioned one above the other instead of side-by-side... |
| suppressor, silencer | | ... |
