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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Single_Shot_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Single Shot (disambiguation)">Single Shot (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg/300px-Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg/450px-Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg/600px-Shiloh_Sharps_1874_Hartford_50_90_Rifle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2877" data-file-height="1076" /></a><figcaption>Shiloh Sharps Model 1874 Hartford in .50-90 Sharps</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearm</a> designs, the term <b>single-shot</b> refers to guns that can hold only a single round of <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a> inside and thus must be reloaded manually after every shot. Compared to multi-shot <a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">repeating firearms</a> ("repeaters"), single-shot designs have no moving parts other than the <a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">trigger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)" title="Hammer (firearms)">hammer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Firing_pin" title="Firing pin">firing pin</a> or <a href="/wiki/Frizzen" title="Frizzen">frizzen</a>, and therefore do not need a sizable <a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">receiver</a> behind the <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a> to accommodate a moving <a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">action</a>, making them far less complex and more robust than <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolvers</a> or <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magazine (firearm)">magazine</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ammunition_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammunition belt">belt</a>-fed firearms, but also with much slower <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">rates of fire</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/History_of_firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="History of firearms">history of firearms</a> began with <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzleloading</a> single-shot firearms such as the <a href="/wiki/Hand_cannon" title="Hand cannon">hand cannon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arquebus" title="Arquebus">arquebus</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Multiple-barrel_firearm" title="Multiple-barrel firearm">multi-barreled</a> designs such as the <a href="/wiki/Derringer" title="Derringer">derringer</a> appeared, and eventually many centuries passed before <a href="/wiki/Breechloading" class="mw-redirect" title="Breechloading">breechloading</a> repeating firearms became commonplace. Although largely disappeared from military usage due to insufficient <a href="/wiki/Firepower" title="Firepower">firepower</a>, single-shot firearms are still produced by many manufacturers in both muzzleloading and <a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">cartridge</a>-firing varieties, from <a href="/wiki/Improvised_firearm" title="Improvised firearm">zip guns</a> and ultra-concealable <a href="/wiki/Pocket_pistol" title="Pocket pistol">pocket pistols</a> to the highest-quality <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">hunting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting sport">match</a> rifles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-cartridge_era">Pre-cartridge era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-cartridge era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="History of firearms">History of firearms</a></div> <p>The vast majority of firearms before the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Metallic_cartridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic cartridge">metallic cartridges</a> from the 1860s onwards were single-shot <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzleloaders</a> . However, multi-barrel, <a href="/wiki/Breechloading" class="mw-redirect" title="Breechloading">breechloading</a>, revolving, and other multi-shot firearms had been experimented with for centuries. Notable pre-cartridge era single-shot firearms included <a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">matchlock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">wheellock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snaplock" title="Snaplock">snaplock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doglock" title="Doglock">doglock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miquelet_lock" title="Miquelet lock">miquelet lock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">flintlock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> firearms. Muzzleloaders included the <a href="/wiki/Brown_Bess" title="Brown Bess">Brown Bess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charleville_musket" title="Charleville musket">Charleville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861" title="Springfield Model 1861">Springfield Model 1861</a> muskets, the <a href="/wiki/Long_rifle" title="Long rifle">Kentucky</a> and <a href="/wiki/M1841_Mississippi_rifle" title="M1841 Mississippi rifle">Mississippi</a> rifles, and the <a href="/wiki/Duelling_pistol" title="Duelling pistol">duelling pistol</a>. There were also early breech-loading single-shot rifles, such as those manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Hall_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall rifle">Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_rifle" title="Ferguson rifle">Ferguson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sharps_rifle" title="Sharps rifle">Sharps</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cartridge_era">Cartridge era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cartridge era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rifles">Rifles</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rifles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Almost all of the early cartridge-fed rifles were single-shot designs, taking advantage of the strength and simplicity of single-shot actions. A good example is the "trapdoor" or Allin action used in early cartridge conversions of 1863 Springfield muzzleloading rifles. The conversion consisted of <a href="/wiki/File_(tool)" title="File (tool)">filing out</a> (or later <a href="/wiki/Milling_machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Milling machine">milling out</a>) the rear of the barrel, and attaching a folding bolt, the "trapdoor", that flipped up and forwards to allow the cartridge to be loaded in the breech. Once loaded, the bolt was closed and latched in place, holding the round securely in place. The bolt contained a firing pin that used the existing percussion hammer, so no changes were required to the lock. After firing, the act of opening the bolt would partially extract the fired case from the chamber, allowing it to be removed. In 1866, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> standardized on the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Model_1866" title="Springfield Model 1866">Springfield Model 1866</a> rifle and <a href="/wiki/.50-70" class="mw-redirect" title=".50-70">.50-70</a> cartridge, chambered in trapdoor conversions of <a href="/wiki/Rifled_musket" title="Rifled musket">rifled muskets</a> that had been used in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. The trapdoor mechanism continued usage in 1873 with the adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Model_1873" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Model 1873">Springfield Model 1873</a> rifle and <a href="/wiki/.45-70" title=".45-70">.45-70</a> cartridge. The Springfield Model 1873 rifle stayed in service until 1892 when it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Krag%E2%80%93J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Krag–Jørgensen">Krag–Jørgensen</a> bolt-action rifle from 1892 until 1903. </p><p>Another muzzleloader conversion similar in concept to the Allin action was the British <a href="/wiki/Snider%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Snider–Enfield">Snider–Enfield</a>, also introduced in 1866, which hinged to the side rather than forward. Unlike the US Army, which kept its trapdoors for decades, the British soon moved beyond the Snider to the more sophisticated dropping-block Martini action derived from the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_action" title="Peabody action">Peabody action</a>. <a href="/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Henry" title="Martini–Henry">Martini–Henrys</a> were the standard British rifles of the late Victorian era, and <a href="/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Martini–Enfield">Martini–Enfield</a> conversions continued in second-line service until the Second World War. </p><p>Single-shot rifles were the preferred tools of big-game hunters in the late 19th century. The buffalo hunters of the American West used Sharps, Remington, and Springfield single-shots; ivory and <a href="/wiki/Trophy_hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Trophy hunter">trophy hunters</a> in Africa and Asia used Martini and break-action "express rifles" and "elephant guns." These rifles were designed for very large black-powder cartridges, from military-issue <a href="/wiki/.45-70" title=".45-70">.45-70</a> on up to the enormous <a href="/wiki/.50-140_Sharps" title=".50-140 Sharps">.50-140 Sharps</a> and <a href="/wiki/.500_Black_Powder_Express" title=".500 Black Powder Express">.500 Express</a>; early repeating actions were not capable of handling rounds of this power and physical size. The single-shot big-game rifle would only be displaced by bolt-action repeaters firing high-velocity smokeless-powder cartridges in the early 20th century. </p><p>After the advent of high-powered repeating rifles, single-shot rifles were primarily used for target shooting matches, with the first official match shooting event, opening at <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Creedmoor, Long Island</a> in 1872. From about 1872 until the U.S. entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in 1917, target shooting with single-shot rifles was nearly as popular in America as golf is today. During that golden age of match shooting, the most popular target rifles were made by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bullard_(rifle)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bullard (rifle) (page does not exist)">Bullard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stevens_Arms" title="Stevens Arms">Stevens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Remington_Arms" title="Remington Arms">Remington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Maynard" title="Edward Maynard">Maynard</a>, Ballard, Farrow, and <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company" title="Winchester Repeating Arms Company">Winchester</a>. Calibers used by some of these rifles during matches ranged from the <a href="/wiki/.25-20_Winchester" title=".25-20 Winchester">.25-20 Winchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/.32-40_Winchester" class="mw-redirect" title=".32-40 Winchester">.32-40 Winchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/.33_Winchester" title=".33 Winchester">.33 Winchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/.35_Winchester" title=".35 Winchester">.35 Winchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/.38-55_Winchester" title=".38-55 Winchester">.38-55 Winchester</a>, .40-50 Winchester, .40-70 Winchester, .44-105 Winchester, etc. for over 600 yd (550 m) shooting at Creedmoor. But two calibers maintained consistency throughout their tenure during the single-shot era: the .32-40 and the .38-55 calibers. The minimum standard in the beginning of the sport had been 200 yd (180 m) firing from the standing position (off-hand position). No rifle scopes, no bench rests, no prone (lying down on the front) positions, but shooting, as famed rifle barrel maker, <i>Harry Melville Pope</i> (1861–1950), once stated, "standing on his hind legs and shooting like a man."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The .32-40 and .38-55 were able to buck the wind better at 200 yd (180 m), and not wear the rifleman out by heavy recoil, all while sustaining great accuracy. In the end, though, it was the .32-40 single-shot rifle that became the dean of match shooters, as the recoil from the .38-55 took its toll after hundreds of rounds had been fired during a match. </p><p>In 1878, <a href="/wiki/John_Moses_Browning" class="mw-redirect" title="John Moses Browning">John Moses Browning</a> patented arguably the greatest single-shot rifle ever produced: after Browning sold his design to the <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company" title="Winchester Repeating Arms Company">Winchester Repeating Arms Company</a> it was brought out as the <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1885" title="Winchester Model 1885">Winchester Model 1885</a> Rifle. Although fewer than 200,000 Model 1885 Single Shots were built, they remained in production from 1885 to 1920. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Remington_Arms" title="Remington Arms">Remington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharps_Rifle_Manufacturing_Company" title="Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company">Sharps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Browning_Arms_Company" title="Browning Arms Company">Browning</a> all made single-shot rifles using different actions, such as the <a href="/wiki/Rolling_block" title="Rolling block">rolling block</a> and <a href="/wiki/Falling_block_action" class="mw-redirect" title="Falling block action">falling block</a>. These rifles were originally chambered in large <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black-powder</a> cartridges, such as the <a href="/wiki/.50-110_Winchester" title=".50-110 Winchester">.50-110 Winchester</a>, and were used for hunting large game, often <a href="/wiki/Bison" title="Bison">bison</a>. Later production rifles would be in popular <a href="/wiki/Smokeless_powder" title="Smokeless powder">smokeless powder</a> cartridges, such as the <a href="/wiki/.30-40_Krag" title=".30-40 Krag">.30-40 Krag</a>. </p><p>Single-shot rifles co-existed for some time with the <a href="/wiki/Lever-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Lever-action">lever-action</a> rifle, but they began to fade out of manufacture with the advent of reliable <a href="/wiki/Bolt-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolt-action">bolt-action</a> rifles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pistols">Pistols</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The handgun began as a single-shot weapon in China in the 14th century. In its many versions, it remained a muzzle-loaded weapon until the advent of the metallic cartridge in the first third of the 18th century. Such single-shot cartridge-firing pistols were short-lived, as revolver technology evolved rapidly, and cartridge conversions existed for the common models of cap and ball revolvers. Two forms of single-shot pistol, however, remained: single-shot <a href="/wiki/Derringer" title="Derringer">derringers</a>, and target pistols, which were essentially single-shot rifle actions cut down to pistol size. The Remington Rolling Block is perhaps the most well-known of these. As the era of single-shot rifles faded, so did these early single-shot pistols. </p><p>In 1907, J. Stevens Arms, a maker of inexpensive break-open single-shot rifles in pistol calibers, started making pistol versions of their rifles. This pistol was chambered in <a href="/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Long Rifle">.22 Long Rifle</a> and came with adjustable <a href="/wiki/Iron_sight" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron sight">iron sights</a> and grips designed for target shooting. These models were discontinued in 1939. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shotguns">Shotguns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Shotguns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Single-barrel shotguns have always been popular as an inexpensive alternative to <a href="/wiki/Double-barreled_shotgun" title="Double-barreled shotgun">double-barreled shotguns</a>. They are almost always <a href="/wiki/Break-open" class="mw-redirect" title="Break-open">break-open</a> designs, like the double-barreled designs, but far less expensive since they do not require the precise aligning of <a href="/wiki/Parallel_(geometry)" title="Parallel (geometry)">parallel</a> barrels. Single-barrel shotguns are also lighter, which can be an advantage if they are carried hunting, though it does mean they have more felt <a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">recoil</a>. They are not widely used in shotgun sports, as most events require the ability to quickly fire two successive shots. </p><p>The single-barrel shotgun is often referred to as a "kitchen door gun" or a "farm gun" due to its low cost as a self-defense weapon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_single-shot_cartridge_actions">Types of single-shot cartridge actions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Types of single-shot cartridge actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trapdoor_actions">Trapdoor actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Trapdoor actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest metallic-cartridge breechloaders designed for general military issue began as conversions of muzzle-loading rifle muskets. The upper rear portion of the barrel was filed or milled away and replaced by a hinged breechblock which opened upward to permit loading. An internal angled firing pin allowed the re-use of the rifle's existing side-hammer. The <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Model_1865" title="Springfield Model 1865">Allin action</a> made by Springfield Arsenal in the US hinged forward; the <a href="/wiki/Snider%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Snider–Enfield">Snider–Enfield</a> used by the British opened to the side. Whereas the British quickly replaced the Snider with a dropping-block Peabody-style Martini action, the US Army felt the trapdoor action to be adequate and followed its muzzleloader conversions with the new-production <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Model_1873" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Model 1873">Springfield Model 1873</a>, which was the principal longarm of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Wars">Indian Wars</a> and was still in service with some units in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>. </p><p>Other trapdoor actions include the rare Confederate <a href="/wiki/Tarpley_carbine" title="Tarpley carbine">Tarpley carbine</a>, the Austrian <a href="/wiki/Wanzl_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanzl rifle">Wanzl</a>, the Belgian <a href="/wiki/Albini-Braendlin_rifle" title="Albini-Braendlin rifle">Albini-Braendlin rifle</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terssen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terssen (page does not exist)">Terssen</a> conversion (some of which were made from French 1777 pattern flintlocks), the M1842/59/67 Swiss Milbank-Amsler, the M1859/67 Spanish Berdan, and the Colt-manufactured Russian <a href="/wiki/Berdan_rifle" title="Berdan rifle">Berdan Type I</a>. All of these designs save the 1863 Tarpley date from the period 1865–1869, and all but the Tarpley and the Russian Berdan were conversions from muzzle-loaders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Break_actions">Break actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Break actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Break_action" title="Break action">Break action</a></div> <p>Perhaps the most common type of single-shot action, usually found in shotguns, small pistols, and black-powder "elephant" guns, a break action connects the barrel assembly to the breechblock with a hinge. When a locking latch is released, the barrel assembly pivots away from the receiver, opening the breech and sometimes on higher quality firearms, partially extracting the spent cartridge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rolling_block_actions">Rolling block actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rolling block actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rolling_block" title="Rolling block">Rolling block</a></div> <p>In a rolling block action, the breechblock takes the form of a part-cylinder, with a pivot pin through its axis. The operator rotates or "rolls" the block to open and close the breech; it is a simple, rugged and reliable design. Rolling blocks are most often associated with firearms made by <a href="/wiki/E._Remington_and_Sons" title="E. Remington and Sons">Remington</a> in the later 19th century; in the Remington action the hammer serves to lock the breech closed at the moment of firing, and the block, in turn, prevents the hammer from falling with the breech open. An interesting variation of the rolling block was the Austrian <a href="/wiki/M1867_Werndl%E2%80%93Holub" class="mw-redirect" title="M1867 Werndl–Holub">M1867 Werndl–Holub</a>, in which the pivot pin was parallel to the barrel and the block rotated sideways. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dropping_block_actions">Dropping block actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dropping block actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are actions wherein the breechblock lowers or "drops" into the receiver to open the breech, usually actuated by an underlever. There are two principal types of dropping block: the tilting or pivoting block and the falling or sliding block.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tilting_block_actions">Tilting block actions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tilting block actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a tilting or pivoting block action, the breechblock is hinged at the rear (in contrast with <a href="/wiki/Tilting_bolt" title="Tilting bolt">tilting bolt</a>, which is not hinged). When the lever is operated, the block tilts down and forward, exposing the chamber. The best-known pivoting block designs are the Peabody, the Peabody–Martini, and <a href="/wiki/Ballard_Rifle" title="Ballard Rifle">Ballard</a> actions. </p><p>The original Peabody rifles, manufactured by the Providence Tool Company, used a manually cocked side-hammer. Swiss gunsmith Friedrich Martini devised an action that resembled the Peabody but incorporated a hammerless striker cocked by the operating lever with the same motion that pivoted the block. The 1871 <a href="/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Henry" title="Martini–Henry">Martini–Henry</a> which replaced the "trapdoor" Snider–Enfield was the standard British Army rifle of the later Victorian era, and the Martini was also a popular action for civilian rifles. </p><p>Charles H. Ballard's self-cocking tilting-block action was produced by the <a href="/wiki/Marlin_Firearms_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Marlin Firearms Company">Marlin Firearms Company</a> from 1875 and earned a superlative reputation among long-range "Creedmoor" target shooters. Surviving Marlin Ballards are today highly prized by collectors, especially those mounted in the elaborate Swiss-style <i>Schützen</i> stocks of the day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Falling_block_actions">Falling block actions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Falling block actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Falling_block_action" class="mw-redirect" title="Falling block action">Falling block action</a></div> <p>In a falling or sliding block action the block does not pivot but rather slides vertically in a slot milled into the receiver. Falling blocks are among the strongest small-arm actions ever produced, and are also used in heavy artillery. Well-known falling block designs include the <a href="/wiki/Sharps_rifle" title="Sharps rifle">Sharps rifles</a> and carbines, the <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1885_Single_Shot_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle">Browning/Winchester Single Shot</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Farquharson_rifle" title="Farquharson rifle">Farquharson rifle</a>, and the modern <a href="/wiki/Ruger_No._1" title="Ruger No. 1">Ruger No. 1</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bolt-actions">Bolt-actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bolt-actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bolt-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolt-action">Bolt-action</a></div> <p>Although bolt-actions are usually associated with fixed or detachable box magazines, in fact, the first general-issue military breechloader was a single-shot bolt-action: the paper-cartridge <a href="/wiki/Prussian_needle_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Prussian needle gun">Prussian needle gun</a> of 1841. France countered in 1866 with its superior <a href="/wiki/Chassepot_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Chassepot rifle">Chassepot rifle</a>, also a paper-cartridge bolt-action. The first metallic-cartridge bolt-actions in general military service were the <a href="/wiki/Berdan_rifle" title="Berdan rifle">Berdan Type II</a> introduced by Russia in 1870, the <a href="/wiki/Mauser_Model_1871" title="Mauser Model 1871">Mauser Model 1871</a>, and a modified Chassepot, the <a href="/wiki/Gras_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Gras rifle">Gras rifle</a> of 1874; all these were single-shots. </p><p>Today most top-level smallbore match rifles are single-shot bolt-actions. </p><p>Single-shot bolt-actions in .22 caliber were also widely manufactured as inexpensive "boys' guns" in the earlier 20th century; and there have been a few single-shot bolt-action shotguns, usually in .410 bore. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_single-shot_actions">Other single-shot actions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other single-shot actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_rifle" title="Ferguson rifle">Ferguson rifle</a></b>: British Major Patrick Ferguson designed his rifle, considered to be the first military breechloader, in the 1770s. A plug-shaped breechblock was screw-threaded so that rotating the handle underneath would lower and raise it for loading with ball and powder; the flintlock action still required conventional priming.</li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Hall_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall rifle">Hall rifle</a></b>: The United States' first breechloading cavalry carbine, the Hall was introduced in 1819. The lever tipped the breechblock including the chamber upwards and back, allowing it to be loaded with powder and ball without the inconvenience of loading and ramming from the muzzle. Originally flintlocks, Halls later were made as or converted to percussion locks.</li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Kammerlader" title="Kammerlader">Kammerlader</a></b>: A crank-operated Norwegian firearm produced around the time of the Prussian Needle-gun. Originally used a paper cartridge. Later many were converted to rimfire.</li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Burnside_carbine" title="Burnside carbine">Burnside carbine</a></b>: Invented by future-general <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside" title="Ambrose Burnside">Ambrose Burnside</a> in 1857, this percussion-cap carbine became the third-most common cavalry breechloader in the Civil War after the Sharps and Spencer. Essentially a modification of the Hall concept, the Burnside featured a unique conical cartridge with a crushable hollow front rim, designed to seal the breech on closing.</li> <li><b>The <a href="/wiki/Rising_breech_carbine" title="Rising breech carbine">Rising breech carbine</a></b>: An unusual action produced by Bilharz, Hall and Co. for the southern <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a>, the rising breech's underlever caused the breechblock including the chamber to slide vertically above the line of the barrel, the reverse of a falling-block; the chamber was loaded from the front with a paper cartridge.</li> <li><b>The Morse Carbine</b>: Its action is similar to the Hall rifle but the shape of its chamber is different.</li> <li><b>Winchester Model 55</b>:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unconventional hybrid of a single-shot and a <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm">semi-automatic</a>, this .22-caliber rifle ejected the fired case and recocked itself like a conventional <a href="/wiki/Blowback_(firearms)#Simple_blowback" title="Blowback (firearms)">blowback-operated</a> self-loader, but it lacked a <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">magazine</a> and had to be manually reloaded for each shot.</li> <li>"'Screw Barrel Actions'":</li></ul> <p>The OSS stinger pen pistol and several other clandestine pen guns, as well as homemade zip guns often made using plumbing parts, and cane guns used for both defense and poaching use a screw thread to attach the chambered barrel to a receiver with some sort of breech and firing pin. The user unscrews the barrel from the receiver to expose the chamber to load a cartridge. The RN50 .50 BMG single-shot rifle uses a similar screwthread breech cap to allow an otherwise simple break-action to contain a <a href="/wiki/.50_BMG" title=".50 BMG">.50 BMG</a> cartridge<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_single-shots">Modern single-shots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Modern single-shots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although non-cartridge single-shot firearms are still made in hobbyist contexts (for example, replicas of antique guns), this discussion focuses on newer designs employing cartridges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pistols_2">Pistols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern era of single-shot firearms is most visible in the realm of pistols. Remington introduced the single-shot bolt-action <a href="/wiki/Remington_XP-100" title="Remington XP-100">XP-100</a> pistol in 1963, which heralded the era of high-performance, high-velocity pistols. The <a href="/wiki/.221_Remington_Fireball" title=".221 Remington Fireball">.221 Fireball</a> cartridge lived up to its name by reaching velocities of 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s) from a 10.5 in (27 cm) barrel. Essentially a shortened <a href="/wiki/.222_Remington" title=".222 Remington">.222 Remington</a>, the compact .221 Fireball delivered accuracy exceeding many rifles, out to ranges unheard of for other handguns. </p><p>Even bigger than the XP-100, the 1967 introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Thompson_Center_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Thompson Center Arms">Thompson Center Arms</a> <a href="/wiki/Thompson/Center_Contender" title="Thompson/Center Contender">Contender</a> pistol changed handgun sports forever. The Contender was a break-open design that allowed barrels to be changed by the shooter in minutes. Available in calibers from <a href="/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Long Rifle">.22 Long Rifle</a> up to <a href="/wiki/.45-70" title=".45-70">.45-70</a>, and in barrel lengths of 8 to 14 in (20 to 36 cm), the Contender could, in the right hands, handle any type of game, and delivered rifle-like accuracy to match the XP-100. </p><p>Many other manufacturers make single-shot pistols, most based on the bolt-action rifle, with barrels generally ranging from 10 to 15 in (25 to 38 cm). Single-shots dominate handgun <a href="/wiki/Metallic_silhouette" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic silhouette">metallic silhouette</a> shooting and are the most common type used for hunting. </p><p>Single-shot pistols have sometimes found popularity among <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgents</a>, resistance fighters, and <a href="/wiki/Street_gangs" class="mw-redirect" title="Street gangs">street gangs</a>. The mass-produced, low-cost <a href="/wiki/Liberator_pistol" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberator pistol">Liberator pistol</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, which was manufactured and distributed by U.S. forces to <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> resistance forces and <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> fighters as an <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassination</a> pistol, is the most common example of a mass-produced single-shot pistol. More than a million units were produced and distributed freely, and many remain in private hands.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few varieties of <a href="/wiki/Improvised_firearm" title="Improvised firearm">zip guns</a> could also be considered single-shot pistols. In recent years, these <a href="/wiki/Improvised_firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="Improvised firearms">improvised firearms</a> have become more common in the hands of criminals and insurgents, especially when manufactured firearms are difficult to acquire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rifles_2">Rifles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rifles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ruger">Ruger</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Ruger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg/220px-Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg/330px-Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg/440px-Ruger_no1_243_left_closed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2517" data-file-height="531" /></a><figcaption>Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifle with custom .243 barrel</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1966, <a href="/wiki/Sturm,_Ruger" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturm, Ruger">Sturm, Ruger</a> introduced their first true rifle, <a href="/wiki/Ruger_No._1" title="Ruger No. 1">Ruger No. 1</a>, which uses a <a href="/wiki/Falling-block_action" title="Falling-block action">falling-block action</a> and is available in a wide selection of calibers from <a href="/wiki/.22_Hornet" title=".22 Hornet">.22 Hornet</a> to <a href="/wiki/.458_Winchester_Magnum" title=".458 Winchester Magnum">.458 Winchester Magnum</a>. The No. 1 has always been sought after by shooters who appreciate the compact size of a single-shot rifle, and the falling block action cuts about 4 in (10 cm) off the length of the rifle for a given barrel length. From 1972 to 1987, Ruger also made a less expensive version of the #1, the #3. The #3, which sold for about half the price of a #1, used a simplified, non-locking lever for the falling block action, and came with an uncheckered stock.<sup id="cite_ref-fjestad_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjestad-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Browning">Browning</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Browning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1985, Browning re-introduced the famous <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1885" title="Winchester Model 1885">Winchester Model 1885</a> single-shot rifles in popular calibers but under the Browning name. Although the rifle gained fame under the Winchester brand name, it was John Moses Browning that designed the rifle, selling the rights to Winchester in the early 1880s and was in production from 1885 to 1920. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cooper">Cooper</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cooper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg/220px-Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg/330px-Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg/440px-Cooper_Single_Shot_Bolt_Action_Rifle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Open action of Cooper Model 22 single-shot rifle</figcaption></figure> <p>The majority of rifles made by <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Firearms_of_Montana" title="Cooper Firearms of Montana">Cooper</a> are single-shot bolt-action rifles. Many of their rifles are specially crafted to suit long-range varmint hunting, where the accuracy of the single-shot action is helpful. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Remington">Remington</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Remington"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Remington has once again made their No. 1 Rolling Block rifles available <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through their custom shop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_England_Firearms_(H&R)"><span id="New_England_Firearms_.28H.26R.29"></span>New England Firearms (H&R)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: New England Firearms (H&R)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the most common single-action rifles would be the New England Firearms' inexpensive break-open rifles, which are built on their <a href="/wiki/Gauge_(bore_diameter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge (bore diameter)">12 gauge</a> break-open shotgun actions. The rifles, however, are made on a heat-treated steel action, and the shotgun actions are not heat-treated. Any rifle frame may accept rifle or shotgun barrels. The shotgun frames, however, are only safe for shotgun barrels. These were originally built by Harrington & Richardson starting in 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> H&R was later acquired by NEF, and both are now part of the <a href="/wiki/Marlin_Firearms" title="Marlin Firearms">Marlin Firearms</a> family. Rifles are sold both under the NEF and the H&R names. These rifles are quite accurate, and often less than half the price of a bolt-action rifle in the same caliber. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Winchester">Winchester</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Winchester"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, Winchester re-marketed their legendary <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1885_Single_Shot_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle">Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle</a>, under their <i>Limited Series</i> category. The modern calibers of .17 were offered in a Low-Wall design, and the .243 Winchester and .30-06 Springfield were of the High-Wall design. The most faithful of the reproductions are the <i><a href="/wiki/Traditional" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional">Traditional</a> <a href="/wiki/Hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter">Hunter</a> <a href="/wiki/Limited_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Limited Series">Limited Series</a></i> Model 1885 Single Shots, as they have the original style steel crescent butt plates, and folding steel tang rear sights, with full-length octagon barrels. The Traditional Hunters are chambered in the 19th-century calibers of <a href="/wiki/.45-90_Sharps" title=".45-90 Sharps">.45-90 Sharps</a>, <a href="/wiki/.45-70_Government" class="mw-redirect" title=".45-70 Government">.45-70 Government</a>, <a href="/wiki/.405_Winchester" title=".405 Winchester">.405 Winchester</a>, and <a href="/wiki/.38-55_Winchester" title=".38-55 Winchester">.38-55 Winchester</a>. Test firing of some of these Winchesters showed that they are high quality in construction, using the latest technology and modern steel, they are stronger and safer than their 19th-century predecessors, and accuracy from their factory (non-custom) barrels were exceptionally good; especially at 200 yd (180 m). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sharps">Sharps</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sharps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sharps_rifle" title="Sharps rifle">Sharps rifles</a> were a staple of the buffalo hunters in the late 19th century. Recently, they have had a resurgence in popularity for hunting large game as well as historical firearms events and black-powder cartridge (BPCR) competitions. Much of the current popularity is due to the film <a href="/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under" title="Quigley Down Under">Quigley Down Under</a> that featured a Sharps Model 1874 rifle. The popularity of <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_action_shooting" title="Cowboy action shooting">Cowboy action shooting</a> has also affected the availability of single-shot rifles, with many replicas of the old <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black-powder</a> rifles, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Sharps_Rifle_Manufacturing_Company" title="Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company">Sharps</a>, now being available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barrett_M99">Barrett M99</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Barrett M99"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Barrett_M99" title="Barrett M99">Barrett M99</a> is a single-shot, bolt-action, bullpup sniper rifle. It is chambered in .50 BMG, and .416 Barrett round that has 0.5 MOA accuracy at ranges that far exceed one mile. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Denel_NTW-20">Denel NTW-20</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Denel NTW-20"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Denel_NTW-20" title="Denel NTW-20">Denel NTW-20</a> is a bolt-action, anti-material, or large-caliber sniper rifle. With a buffered slide in the receiver, the barrel can recoil inside the frame, allowing for large rounds to be fired with relative ease by the user. It is chambered for <a href="/wiki/20%C3%9782mm" class="mw-redirect" title="20×82mm">20×82mm Mauser</a>, <a href="/wiki/14.5%C3%97114mm" class="mw-redirect" title="14.5×114mm">14.5×114mm</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hispano-Suiza_HS.404" title="Hispano-Suiza HS.404">20×110mm Hispano-Suiza</a> round. Specifically, it is only a single-shot when chambered to the 20mm Hispano-Suiza round, while the remaining chamberings fed from 3-round magazines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Steyr">Steyr</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Steyr"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original version of <a href="/wiki/Steyr_HS_.50" class="mw-redirect" title="Steyr HS .50">Steyr HS .50</a> is a single-shot bolt-action sniper rifle. It is chambered in .50 BMG (or .460 Steyr) and can reach ranges from 1,500 to 2,500 m (1,600 to 2,700 yd). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiple-barrel_firearm" title="Multiple-barrel firearm">Multiple-barrel firearm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H_%26_R_Firearms" class="mw-redirect" title="H & R Firearms">H & R Firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolling_block" title="Rolling block">Rolling block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruger_No._1" title="Ruger No. 1">Ruger No. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharps_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharps Rifle">Sharps Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_Center_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Thompson Center Arms">Thompson Center Arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martini%E2%80%93Henry" title="Martini–Henry">Martini–Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martini_Cadet" title="Martini Cadet">Martini Cadet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm">Semi-automatic firearm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">Repeating firearm</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kelver/Roberts</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is no general consensus on terminology, and "falling block" and "dropping block" are often treated as synonyms.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Association, N. R. (n.d.). How do guns work? single-shot mechanisms. NRA Family. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.nrafamily.org/content/how-do-guns-work-single-shot-mechanisms/">https://www.nrafamily.org/content/how-do-guns-work-single-shot-mechanisms/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The model number 55 was used twice by Winchester; this article refers to the .22-caliber rifle introduced in 1957, not the <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1894" title="Winchester Model 1894">Model 94</a> variant introduced in 1924.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hogg, Ian and Robb Adam: Jane's Guns Recognition Guide. 1996. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-470979-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-00-470979-9">0-00-470979-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fjestad-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fjestad_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFS._P._Fjestad" class="citation book cs1">S. P. Fjestad. <i>Blue Book of Gun Values, 13th ed</i>. Blue Book Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9625943-4-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9625943-4-2"><bdi>0-9625943-4-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Blue+Book+of+Gun+Values%2C+13th+ed.&rft.pub=Blue+Book+Publications&rft.isbn=0-9625943-4-2&rft.au=S.+P.+Fjestad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASingle-shot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/custom_shop/RollingBlock_rifles.asp">Remington No. 1 Rolling Block Rifles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070711043612/http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/custom_shop/RollingBlock_rifles.asp">Archived</a> 2007-07-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chuckhawks.com/nef_rifles.htm">NEF Single Shot Rifles</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li>1. Kelver, Gerald O: Schuetzen Rifles, History and Loadings. 1998. 3rd Edition, Pioneer Press.</li> <li>2. Kelver, Gerald O: MAJOR Ned H. Roberts and The Schuetzen Rifle. 1998. 3rd Edition, Pioneer Press.</li> <li>3. Campbell, John: The Winchester Single Shot. 1998. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-917218-68-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-917218-68-X">0-917218-68-X</a></li> <li>4. McLerran, Wayne (2014). <i>Browning Model 1885 Black Powder Cartridge Rifle - 3rd Edition: A Reference Manual for the Shooter, Collector & Gunsmith.</i> TexasMac Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9893702-5-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9893702-5-7">978-0-9893702-5-7</a>, 418 pages.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-shot&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chuck Hawk's articles on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chuckhawks.com/ruger_number_1.htm">the Ruger #1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breechloader" title="Breechloader">Breechloader</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzleloader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combination_weapons" title="Combination weapons">Combination weapons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Combination_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Combination guns">Combination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_gun" title="Elephant gun">Elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flare_gun" title="Flare gun">Flare gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_thrower" title="Line thrower">Line thrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_gun" title="Long gun">Long gun</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">Carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">Musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takedown_gun" title="Takedown gun">Takedown</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiple-barrel_firearm" title="Multiple-barrel firearm">Multiple-barrel</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_multiple-barrel_firearms" title="List of multiple-barrel firearms">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlegun" title="Needlegun">Needler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net_gun" title="Net gun">Net gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen_gun" title="Pen gun">Pen gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riot_gun" title="Riot gun">Riot gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotary_cannon" title="Rotary cannon">Rotary</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Single-shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleeve_gun" title="Sleeve gun">Sleeve gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoothbore" title="Smoothbore">Smoothbore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring-gun" title="Spring-gun">Spring-gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_firearm" title="Underwater firearm">Underwater firearm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Handgun" title="Handgun">Handguns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cane_gun" title="Cane gun">Cane gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derringer" title="Derringer">Derringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duelling_pistol" title="Duelling pistol">Duelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">Pistol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pistols" title="List of pistols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machine_pistol" title="Machine pistol">Machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepper-box" title="Pepper-box">Pepper-box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_pistol" title="Pocket pistol">Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">Revolver</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_revolvers" title="List of revolvers">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_pistol" title="Semi-automatic pistol">Semi-automatic pistol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_semi-automatic_pistols" title="List of semi-automatic pistols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_caliber_carbine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistol caliber carbine">Pistol caliber</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_defence_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal defence weapon">Personal defence weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">Submachine gun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starting_pistol" title="Starting pistol">Starting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallet_gun" title="Wallet gun">Wallet gun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_rifles" title="List of rifles">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-materiel_rifle" title="Anti-materiel rifle">Anti-materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_rifle" title="Anti-tank rifle">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assault_rifles" title="List of assault rifles">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_rifle" title="Automatic rifle">Automatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">Battle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battle_rifles" title="List of battle rifles">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbine_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbine rifle">Carbine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_carbines" title="List of carbines">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_rifle" title="Double rifle">Double</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting rifle">Hunting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_rifle" title="Buffalo rifle">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Elephant rifle">Elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Express_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Express rifle">Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punt_gun" title="Punt gun">Punt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varmint_rifle" title="Varmint rifle">Varmint</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designated_marksman_rifle" title="Designated marksman rifle">Marksman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifling" title="Rifling">Rifling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygonal_rifling" title="Polygonal rifling">Polygonal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_rifle" title="Repeating rifle">Repeating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sniper_rifles" title="List of sniper rifles">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_purpose_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="General purpose machine gun">General purpose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_machine_gun" title="Medium machine gun">Medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squad_automatic_weapon" title="Squad automatic weapon">SAW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">Shotguns</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_shotguns" title="List of shotguns">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_shotgun" title="Automatic shotgun">Automatic shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coach_gun" title="Coach gun">Coach gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_shotgun" title="Combat shotgun">Combat shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-barreled_shotgun" title="Double-barreled shotgun">Double-barreled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_action" title="Pump action">Pump action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riot_shotgun" title="Riot shotgun">Riot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawed-off_shotgun" title="Sawed-off shotgun">Sawed-off</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Ammunition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/20-gauge_shotgun" title="20-gauge shotgun">20-gauge shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breaching_round" title="Breaching round">Breaching round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_breath_(ammunition)" title="Dragon's breath (ammunition)">Dragon's breath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Shotgun shell">Shotgun shell</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.410_bore" title=".410 bore">.410 bore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shot_(pellet)" title="Shot (pellet)">Shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_slug" title="Shotgun slug">Slug</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_firearm" title="History of the firearm">Historic</a> or famous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15 style rifle">AR-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16" class="mw-redirect" title="M16">M16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_firearms" title="Antique firearms">Antique firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatling_gun" title="Gatling gun">Gatling gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_rifle" title="Winchester rifle">Winchester rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauser rifles">Mauser rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Tommy Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_40" title="MP 40">MP 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzi" title="Uzi">Uzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="M1911">M1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glock" title="Glock">Glock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mechanics_and_components167" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mechanics and <a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">components</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feed_ramp" title="Feed ramp">Feed ramp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slug_barrel" title="Slug barrel">Slug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_threads" title="Barrel threads">Threads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trunnion" title="Trunnion">Trunnion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belt_(firearms)" title="Belt (firearms)">Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blank-firing_adapter" title="Blank-firing adapter">Blank-firing adapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechblock" title="Breechblock">Breechblock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechface" title="Breechface">Breechface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_(firearms)" title="Bolt (firearms)">Bolt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rotating_bolt" title="Rotating bolt">Rotating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescoping_bolt" title="Telescoping bolt">Telescoping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flapper_locking" title="Flapper locking">Flapper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_locked" title="Roller locked">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilting_bolt" title="Tilting bolt">Tilting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bump_stock" title="Bump stock">Bump stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_(firearms)" title="Chamber (firearms)">Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocking_handle" title="Cocking handle">Cocking handle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms)" title="Cylinder (firearms)">Cylinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extractor_(firearms)" title="Extractor (firearms)">Extractor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firing_pin" title="Firing pin">Firing pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_suppressor" title="Flash suppressor">Flash suppressor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluting_(firearms)" title="Fluting (firearms)">Fluting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_assist" title="Forward assist">Forward assist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freebore" title="Freebore">Freebore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forearm_(firearm_component)" title="Forearm (firearm component)">Forearm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertical_forward_grip" title="Vertical forward grip">Foregrip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)" title="Hammer (firearms)">Hammer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Half-cock" title="Half-cock">Half-cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Linear_hammer" title="Hammer (firearms)">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Striker" title="Hammer (firearms)">Striker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_(firearm)" title="Lock (firearm)">Lock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">Flintlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">Wheellock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">Magazine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bottom_metal" title="Bottom metal">Bottom metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clip_(firearms)" title="Clip (firearms)">Clip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_magazine" title="Drum magazine">Drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-capacity_magazine" title="High-capacity magazine">High-capacity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedloader" title="Speedloader">Speedloader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripper_clip" title="Stripper clip">Stripper clip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">Muzzle brake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_shroud" title="Muzzle shroud">Muzzle shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_grip" title="Pistol grip">Pistol grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_slide" title="Pistol slide">Pistol slide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_system_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail system (firearms)">Rail system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">Receiver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_pad" title="Recoil pad">Recoil pad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_(firearms)" title="Rim (firearms)">Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_(firearms)" title="Safety (firearms)">Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sear_(firearm)" title="Sear (firearm)">Sear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auto_sear" title="Auto sear">Auto sear</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_shroud" title="Barrel shroud">Shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer (firearms)">Silencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_bore" title="Squeeze bore">Squeeze bore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choke_(firearms)" title="Choke (firearms)">Choke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)" title="Stock (firearms)">Stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">Synchronization gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapering_(firearms)" title="Tapering (firearms)">Tapering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">Trigger</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_guard" title="Trigger guard">guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sight_(device)" title="Sight (device)">Sights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diopter_sight" title="Diopter sight">Diopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderscope" title="Finderscope">Finderscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe_sight" title="Globe sight">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holographic_weapon_sight" title="Holographic weapon sight">Holographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_sights" title="Iron sights">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laser_sight_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser sight (firearms)">Laser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reticle" title="Reticle">Reticle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflex_sight" class="mw-redirect" title="Reflex sight">Reflex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_dot_sight" title="Red dot sight">Red dot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sight_magnifier" title="Sight magnifier">Magnifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scope_mount" title="Scope mount">Scope mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_sight" title="Tang sight">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescopic_sight" title="Telescopic sight">Telescopic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night-vision_device" title="Night-vision device">Night vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermal_weapon_sight" title="Thermal weapon sight">Thermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sighting_in" title="Sighting in">Zeroing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Actions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowback_(firearms)" title="Blowback (firearms)">Blowback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blow-forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Blow-forward">Blow-forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_action" title="Bolt action">Bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxlock_action" title="Boxlock action">Boxlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechloader" title="Breechloader">Breechloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_action" title="Break action">Break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_bolt" title="Open bolt">Open bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_bolt" title="Closed bolt">Closed bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_firing" title="Electronic firing">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas-operated_reloading" title="Gas-operated reloading">Gas-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lever_action" title="Lever action">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">Muzzleloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out-of-battery" title="Out-of-battery">Out-of-battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_action" title="Pump action">Pump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_feed_and_controlled_feed" title="Push feed and controlled feed">Push/Controlled feed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">Recoil-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">Repeating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">Revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-loading_rifle" title="Self-loading rifle">Self-loading</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Single-shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamfire" title="Slamfire">Slamfire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physics_of_firearms" title="Physics of firearms">Physics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistics" title="Ballistics">Ballistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_coefficient" title="Ballistic coefficient">Ballistic coefficient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_ballistics" title="External ballistics">External</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_ballistics" title="Terminal ballistics">Terminal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_ballistics" title="Transitional ballistics">Transitional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="Handgun effectiveness">Handgun effectiveness</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifling#Twist_rate" title="Rifling">Twist rate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Shooting_and_ammunition56" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Shooting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gunshot" title="Gunshot">Gunshot</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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title="Ricochet">Ricochet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Ignition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire_forming" title="Fire forming">Fire forming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obturation" title="Obturation">Obturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primer_(firearms)" title="Primer (firearms)">Primer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">Gunpowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">Percussion cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimfire_ammunition" title="Rimfire ammunition">Rimfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubes_and_primers_for_ammunition" title="Tubes and primers for ammunition">Tubes and Primers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_propellant" title="Firearm propellant">Propellant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_propellant" title="Ball propellant">Ball propellant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordite" title="Cordite">Cordite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_military_rifle_powder" title="Improved military rifle powder">Improved Military Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramrod" title="Ramrod">Ramrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokeless_powder" title="Smokeless powder">Smokeless powder</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">Ammunition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannelure" title="Cannelure">Cannelure</a></li> <li><a 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bullet">Armour piercing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cast_bullet" title="Cast bullet">Cast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expanding_bullet" title="Expanding bullet">Expanding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_(ammunition)" title="Full metal jacket (ammunition)">Full metal jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frangible_bullet" title="Frangible bullet">Frangible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_bullet" title="Green bullet">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incendiary_ammunition" title="Incendiary ammunition">Incendiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary" title="High-explosive incendiary">High explosive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary/armor-piercing_ammunition" title="High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition">HEIAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Projectile" title="Projectile">Projectile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raufoss_Mk_211" title="Raufoss Mk 211">Raufoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_shot" title="Round shot">Round 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