breechblock
IPA: brˈitʃbɫɑk
noun
- (firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
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Examples of "breechblock" in Sentences
- The firing pin was housed within the breechblock.
- The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle.
- It had a vertical sliding breechblock and a box type trail.
- It had an interrupted thread type, drop breechblock mechanism.
- The VB, like the Bren gun, used a tilting locking breechblock.
- The underside of the breechblock is slotted to travel over the ejector.
- A counterrecoil spring urges said breechblock to said forward position.
- Said breechblock is movable along said barrel to and from a forward position.
- Turning the crank further opened the breechblock and extracted the spent round.
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