long-barrel gun

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• gun — [gun] n. [ME gunne, gonne, contr. < gonnilde, a 14th c. cannon < ON Gunnhildr, fem. name (< gunnr, older form of guthr, war + hildr, battle)] 1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is discharged by the force of an …   English World dictionary

• Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …   Wikipedia

• Long rifle — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption=Kentucky Rilfe name=Kentucky Rifle type=Rifled musket origin=flagcountry|USA era= platform=Individual target=Personnel design date=c. 1700s production date= service=c.1730 c.1850 used by=USA wars= American… …   Wikipedia

• Long gun — The term long gun is used to describe classes of firearm and cannon with longer barrels than other classes. In small arms, a long gun is designed to be fired braced against the shoulder, in contrast to a handgun, while in artillery a long gun… …   Wikipedia

• gun — In military parlance, a heavy weapon with a long barrel, such as a cannon. In common parlance, a rifle, pistol, revolver, machine gun, or other instrumentality having a barrel or tube from which a bullet or other projectile is discharged by force …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• gun — 1. noun /ɡʌn/ a) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1 02. This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun. (U.S. military cadence, used to …   Wiktionary

• gun — 1. A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. 2. A cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more. See also howitzer; mortar …   Military dictionary

• Gun drill — Gun drills are straight fluted drills which allow coolant (either compressed air or a suitable liquid) to be directed through the drill s body, directly to the cutting face. They are used for deep drilling of which gun barrels are the obvious… …   Wikipedia

• Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… …   Wikipedia

• Gun barrel — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gun — (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which throws or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English