Hunter Safety Flashcards

Rifles, Handguns, and Shotguns

<p>Action, Stock, and Barrel</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The moving parts of the firearm that load, fire, and eject shell casings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stock serves as the handle of the firearm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The barrel is the metal tube that the projectile travels through.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mechanical device that uses pressure from a burning powder to force a projectile through and out of a metal tube.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bullets</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shots or pellets</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A projectile is inserted into the chamber and then the trigger is squeezed causing the firing pin to explode the primer in the base of the cartridge or shotshell. The gas rapidly expands and drives the projectile through the barrel with great force.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bolt action, lever action, pump action, semi-automatic (auto loading) action, break or hinge action, and revolving action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A safety is a device that blocks the action to prevent the firearm from shooting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cross bolt, Pivot, Slide or Tang, and Half-Cock or Hammer safety.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A magazine is a place that stores the ammunition that has not been fired.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Box-Type and the Hinged-Floorplate magazines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sight is a device used to line up the muzzle with the shooter’s eye so that he or she can hit the target.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bead, Open, Aperture (Peep), Telescopic, and Dot sights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rifles have grooves inside the barrel to increase the accuracy of the projectile. Shotguns do not have grooves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Caliber of a rifle is measured by the diameter of the bore from land to opposite land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gauge is determined by the measure related to the diameter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>10, 12, 16, and 20 gauge are the most common types of gauges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The shot string is the spread of shot from a shotgun.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The pattern of hits from shots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What controls the shot string.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cylinder, Improved cylinder, Modified, and Full.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Severe risk of injury and most likely explosion of barrel.</p> Signup and view all the answers