gunmaking
Crafting shooting weapons
Gunmaking is the craft or industry of manufacturing firearms.
The term covers everything from artisanal work by individual gunsmiths to industrial production.
A gunmaker may specialize in particular types—rifles, shotguns, handguns—or in custom work for collectors and hunters: The Beretta family has been in gunmaking for nearly five centuries.
Carving into hard surfaces
- checkeringCarved intersecting groove pattern
- inlayingEmbedding material into surfaces
- finishingBringing to completion
- polishingSmoothing by friction
bluing · fitting · woodworking · stippling · varnishing · sanding · bedding · case-hardening
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- stockGoods kept for sale
- triggerWhat initiates action
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- breechRear of barrel
action · magazine · sights · scope · hammer · bolt · extractor · ejector
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- riflingBarrel's helical grooves
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- bluingOptical whitening agent
machining · milling · drilling · boring · lathing · casting · billet · steel
Willingness to accept difference
- caliberBore diameter or quality
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
gauge · headspace · alignment · fitting · assembly · sighting · crown · throat
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
- shotgunsWide-bore pellet firearms
- revolversCylinder-fed handguns
- semiautomaticsGuns firing once per pull
bolt-action · lever-action · carbines · muzzleloaders · flintlocks · muskets · derringers · double-barrels
Technical drawing technology
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- R&DCreating new products
- automationSelf-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- checkeringCarved intersecting groove pattern
- inlayingEmbedding material into surfaces
- finishingBringing to completion
polishing · bluing · fitting · woodworking · stippling · varnishing · sanding · bedding · case-hardening · jeweling
barrel
Hooped cylindrical vessel
breech · action · magazine · sights · scope · hammer · bolt · extractor · ejector · safety
forging
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- riflingBarrel's helical grooves
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
bluing · machining · milling · drilling · boring · lathing · casting · billet · steel · alloy
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- caliberBore diameter or quality
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
micrometer · gauge · headspace · alignment · fitting · assembly · sighting · crown · throat
rifles
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
semiautomatics · bolt-action · lever-action · carbines · muzzleloaders · flintlocks · muskets · derringers · double-barrels · over-unders
CAD
Technical drawing technology
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- R&DCreating new products
- automationSelf-operating system design
gunmakingdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
arms reduction · demilitarization · decommissioning · gun control · nonproliferation
gunmakingpeacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
disarmament · pacifism · arms control · nonviolence · conflict resolution
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