Shooting Range Industries has prepared common terms for beginners. Click here to view Part 1 and continue reading below for Part 2. Firearm Terms Casings: For rifles and handguns, casings are usually metal, and for shotguns, plastic that is sometimes called a shell. The casing is the containing unit of a cartridge or round; holding…
When people decide they want to be more involved in firearms, like any industry or topic of conversation, there are terms that can be unfamiliar or confusing. In an effort tot help people new to firearms better understand the terms commonly used, we at Shooting Range Industries have put together, in alphabetical order, a glossary…
Point blank is the range at which you zero your gun to hit within the target or kill zone of the game with a direct point of aim. Take the mule deer. A “muley” is a fairly large critter with a kill zone about 10-11 inches in diameter centered just behind the front shoulder and…
The ballistic coefficient is the drag model used in small arms and artillery. Any coefficient compares two quantities, a known standard vs. a tested quantity. In the case of small arms this is a standard bullet and the tested bullet. In most cases this value is between zero and one and usually below one. A…
The entertainment industry tends to skew our perceptions of firearms. In many cases these are false perceptions. In some cases, it is simply the availability of firearms to the studios and others it is mistakes made by authors. Writers tend to play somewhat loose and free with historical firearm timelines. In others it is mere…
The likelihood of experiencing a jam of some kind with your firearm on the range is high, even if you have formal training or exposure to firearms. A “jam” is a broad term and often used to refer to several different firearms malfunctions you may run into on the range. From mechanical problems, to having…
As with almost every endeavor the shooting world has its own vocabulary. Sometimes this is confusing. Take cartridge firing and breech loading (loading from the rear not the muzzle) weapons. There are the single shots. Break open have tilting barrels that allow for loading. Others like the Martini-Henry us a tilting block operated by a…
If you are thinking about getting into law enforcement it is important to make sure you know what you are getting into. There are a lot of areas you need to be prepared for when you take on a police academy. The path to get into an academy is hard and takes a lot of…
