Firearms Technology

Firearms Technology

A rifle bump stock is a firearm accessory designed to leverage the recoil of a semi-automatic rifle to assist the shooter in rapidly actuating the trigger, enabling a faster rat...

Firearms Technology

A bump stock is a firearm accessory designed to harness recoil energy to facilitate faster, partially automatic-style firing from a semi-automatic rifle. In precise mechanical t...

Firearms & Shooting Sports

A bump fire stock is a device designed to harness recoil and slide to allow a semi-automatic rifle to fire rapidly, simulating aspects of automatic fire. This evergreen explaine...

firearms

Firearms have shaped warfare, industry, law, and culture for more than seven centuries, transforming from early black-powder devices to highly engineered tools with complex soci...

Firearms Technology & Regulation

This article explains what homemade bump stocks are, how they function in mechanical terms, and the practical and legal considerations around them. It focuses on verifiable deta...

Firearms Mechanics & Technology

A rotating bolt pistol uses a bolt head with radial lugs that engage an indexing ramp on the barrel extension or slide to lock the breech. During firing, pressure drives the sli...