Talk:Action (firearms)

message: To the guy who keeps removing that break actions are single shot, how do you figure otherwise? Break actions don't have magazines, they are non-repeating firearms. --Philip Laurence 16:47, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's quite obvious that multi-barreled, break-action firearms are multi-shot as well. I apologize if it seems confusing to you. --Asams10 17:35, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Do you mean multi-barreled break actions aren't considered single shot because they can fire once for each barrel? What about single barrel break actions?--Philip Laurence 21:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some break-actions are single-barrel, single-shot. Others are multiple-barrle, multiple-shot. So to define break-action as single-shot would be incorrect. Arthur 22:38, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Break actions 

message: Isn't a revolver an action?  Since one of the definitions of action is "the mechanism that manipulates cartridges", I would think that the revolver's cylinder would count as an action ("revolving action," maybe?).
I'm not certain—is revolver considered an action?  It's not exactly manual—the advancement of the bullets isn't directly caused by the shooter, but rather is a part of the mechanism—and yet it's not automatic either.  Or actually, it's almost more automatic than automatics proper, since pulling the trigger and "chambering" the next round are more directly linked, the mechanism being simpler.
Then again there's that whole distinction between single- and double-"action" revolvers, that might indicate "action" can also be defined as "the means by which the hammer or firing apparatus is put in position to shoot".  In which case...hell.
Anyway, though, oughtn't this article to mention revolvers at least once?  Nagakura shin8 (talk) 07:59, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revolver? 

message: --24.6.228.145 (talk) 01:11, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  How are Blowback and Recoil different? 

message: This article only mentions actions powered by hand, or powered by the firing of the cartridge. I think the article should also mention externally-powered weapons such as revolver cannons, chain guns, and Gatling guns. CMarshall (talk) 00:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Externally powered action

message: I feel pretty stupid about this, because I've got plenty of experience shooting all sorts of sizes of firearms from .22 plinkers up to a 3.5 inch Parrot rifle and from a wide range of eras, the earliest being a vintage 1861 Springfield (unless a long Colt peacemaker predates a '61 Springfield), and most of the actions you can think of that have been developed from 1861 on.  That being said, can someone please tell me what a receiver is, or better yet, define it in the glossary.  It's referred to once on this page, and two entries in the  Glossary of firearm terms also reference it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.129.34.161 (talk) 03:58, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need some further clarification and/or a new glossary item 

message: How would we consider boxlock action or sidelock? It looks like a variety of break action. Komitsuki (talk) 17:57, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boxlock action 

message: All other firearms terms follow the format Term (firearms).  See Muzzle (firearms), Safety (firearms), Trigger (firearms), Choke (firearms), Fluting (firearms), and Extractor (firearms). Faceless Enemy (talk) 14:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Support. Thank you for doing these moves. I had noticed the same thing and had thought that I should move them sometime. I have seen some WP users fail to grasp why the plural is sometimes the right form in parenthetical context descriptors in pagenames. For anyone who may have needed an explanation, hope this helps. It's because the title "X (Ys)" means "X (in the context of Ys)" when Y is a count noun. Which is different from the singular "X (Y)", which can mean either (1) "X as a synonym of Y" when Y is a count noun or (2) "X in the context of Y" where Y tends to be a mass noun (although it could be a count noun logically restricted to a count of one for whatever reason, e.g., proper name). The "feel" of this difference is intuitively obvious to many people without having to analyze it in words, but some have difficulty feeling it. "A trigger, in the context of firearms, is a thing that ..."—not "A trigger, in the context of firearm, is a thing that ..." — ¾-10 17:12, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Support. It's a sensible move which makes the title more consistent with other articles. Rezin (talk) 16:27, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move reasoning 

message: Over a period of time, I have substantially rewritten the breechblock article.  I have tried to confine that article to the breechblock design and how it is locked in position - as opposed to the action, which more fully refers to the mechanism by which the operator actuates the opening and closing of the breech but also, this generally refers to repeating firearms.  While there will necessarily be a degree of redundancy (overlap) between these two articles, I would observe that the existing degree of redundancy is excessive and unnecessary.  I would propose harmonising the two articles.  This would mainly mean pruning down this article.  I was wondering if there are any comments about what I propose?  Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 11:39, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  harmonise with [[breechblock]]