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Term TranslationDefinition
accessories...
accidental discharge ...
accuracy, precision...
accurate hit ...
active shooter ...
adjustable recoil pad, adjustable butt plate verstellbare Schaftkappe ...
adjustable sights ...
adjusting ring Verstellring ...
adjusting screw Verstellschraube...
adjustment, setting...
aim...
air gun dart Luftgewehrbolzen...
air pistol Luftpistole...
air rifle ...
airgun pellets Luftgewehrgeschosse ...
airsoft pellets ...
alarm pistol Alarmpistole, Schreckschusspistole, Startpistole...
ambidextrous...
ammunition...
ammunition belt...
ammunition box, ammo can ...
ammunition marking ...
angle of departure Abgangswinkel...
angle of descend Fallwinkel...
angle of elevation Höhenrichtung, Erhöhungswinkel...
angle of impact...
angle of jump Abgangsfehlerwinkel...
angle of tangent elevation, angle of projection, tangent angle Visierwinkel...
ankle holster ...
antistatic...
anvil Amboss...
apex of trajectory Flugbahngipfel, Gipfelhöhe, Gipfelpunkt...
arm...
armed encounter ...
armour-piercing projectile...
armourer ...
ascending branch of trajectory aufsteigender Ast der Flugbahn...
assault rifle...
attack...
attacker...
back holster ...
ball cartridge Kugelpatrone...
ballistic fingerprints ...
ballistic trauma ...
ballistic vest, bulletproof vest, body armor ...
ballistics Ballistik...
barrel Lauf The metal tube through which a projectile or shot charge is fired. May be rifled or smooth...
barrel adapter, conversion adapter, caliber conversion sleeve, sub-calibre unit ...
barrel bracket Rückholfederhalter...
barrel burst ...
barrel wall thickness...
base line, lever base of trajectory, horizontal plane Mündungswaagerechte...
base wad Bodenpropfen...
bayonet...
beavertail...
belly band ...
belt ammo carrier, cartridge belt, bandoleer ...
belt holster ...
berdan primer...
big game ...
binoculars, field glasses...
biogival bullet biogival Geschoss Front of the bullet is shaped in the form of an ogive...
black powderIt is a mixture of pottasium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. Black powder was widely used until the second half of the 19th century, and then replaced......
blade Klinge The part of the tool or weapon with an edge designed to cut, stab etc....
blank...
bluing...
bolt handle Kammergriff, Kammerstengel, Verschlussgriff...
bore...
bore brush, chamber brush ...
bottleneck case flaschenförmige Hülse, gekröpfte Hülse...
box magazine Kastenmagazin...
boxer primer...
brass base Bodenkappe...
break-open, break action (gun) ...
breech block...
breech block carrier...
breech lock ...
breech-loader ...
buckshot...
bulge, pressure ring ...
bullet...
bullet jacket Geschossmantel ...
bullpupIs a firearm with its action and magazine located behind the trigger group, in its buttstock. For example rifles Steyr AUG, FAMAS....
burst, crack, split ...
butt cap Kolbenboden...
buttplate Kolbenkappe, Schaftkappe A plate made of stell or hardrubber, that is fitted to the end of the buttstock to protect it...
buttplate screw holes Öffnung für Griffschalenschraube ...
buttstock Kolben, Schaft...
buttstock cartridge holder ...
caliber...
cape gun Doppelbüchsflinte Long gun with one rifled and one smooth barrel, placed side by side....
carbineIs usually a long firearm that has shorter barrel than a standard rifle, or is a shortened version of full length rifle....
carrier...
cartridge, round, shell Pistolenpatronen...
case Hülse, Patronenhülse...
case body Hülsenkörper...
case expanding die ...
case headThe end of the case, into which the caliber and the manufacturer’s mark are imprinted and also where the primer can be located...
caseless ammunition...