Headspace (firearms)
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headspace-firearms-171-4270096
title:
Headspace (firearms)
text:
In firearms, headspace is the distance measured from a closed chamber's breech face to the chamber feature that limits the insertion depth of a cartridge placed in it. Used as a verb by firearms designers, headspacing refers to the act of stopping deeper cartridge insertion. The exact part of the cartridge that seats against the limiting chamber feature differs among cartridge and gun designs. In general, bottleneck rifle cartridges headspace on their case shoulders; rimmed cartridges headspace
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encyclopedia
description:
Insertion depth of a cartridge in a chamber
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headspace_(firearms)
date created:
2004-09-21T22:06:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:12:05Z
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