FirearmsBy Virginia Santamaria

Action // Mecanismo o acción

➢Single action (acción simple o tiro a tiro)

➢An action requiring the manual cocking of the hammer.

➢Double action (doble acción o repetición)

➢A mechanism in which a single pull of the trigger first cocks and then releases the

hammer.

➢ Semiautomatic (semiautomática)

➢Each pull of the trigger results in a complete firing cycle from discharge through

reloading.

➢Automatic (automática)

➢Firearm design that continuously feeds cartridges, fires and ejects cartridge cases as

long as the trigger is fully depressed and there are cartridges in the feed system.

Handguns // Long GunsArmas cortas o de puño // Armas largas o de hombro

Handguns: firearms designed to be held and fired with one hand.

Long guns: firearms designed to be used while held with both hands and supported by the shoulder.

Handguns

➢Revolver: a revolver is a firearm that has a cylinder (tambor, cilindro) with a

number of chambers (recámaras). These chambers are designed to be manually

loaded with cartridges (cartuchos) of the appropriate caliber and then, as the

cylinder rotates into position under the hammer (martillo, percutor), the trigger

(gatillo) can be pulled, releasing the hammer and causing the cartridge to be

fired.

EXTRACTOR

PUNTO DE MIRA

CAÑÓNMARTILLO

BOCA

PLACA SUPERIOR PERCUTOR

FIADOR DEL TAMBOR

ARMAZÓN

ALZA

YUGO

VARILLA EXTRACTORA

GATILLOCHAMBERSRECÁMARAS

TAMBOR

TAMBOR

GUARDAMONTE

GRUPERA

EMPUÑADURA

TRINQUETE

Pistols

Designed for a more automatic operation. Cartridges are loaded into an

ammunition magazine (peine, cargador) which is inserted into the firearm. As long

as cartridges are present in the ammunition magazine and the firearm is

functioning properly, the action of the firearm is responsible for the feeding and

chambering of the cartridge and the extraction and ejection of the cartridge case

once the cartridge is fired. The can be designed to fire fully automatically or semi-

automatically. Semi-automatic operation requires a pull of the trigger to fire each

cartridge. Fully automatic operation allows for multiple cartridges to be fired with a

single trigger pull for as long as ammunition is available to be fired.

PUNTO DE MIRA

ALZA

MARTILLO

CARGADOR

DISPARADOR

EXTRACTOR DEL CARGADOR

RETÉN DE LA CORREDERA

BOCA

LLAVE DESEGURIDAD

SEGURO DE LAEMPUÑADURA

GRIP/CACHA

FRONT STRAP/PLACA ANTERIOR

TRIGGER GUARD/GUARDAMONTE

SLIDE/CORREDERA

Long Guns

- Rifle (fusil): a relatively long-barreled firearm, fired from the shoulder, having a

series of spiral grooves (rayos) cut inside the barrel (a process called “rifling”

(cañón rayado)) imparting a rapid spin into a single projectile.

- Shotgun (escopeta): a shoulder-fired long gun with no rifling in the barrel,

designed to shoot a large number of small projectiles (shot (perdigones)), rather

than a single projectile.

- Machine gun (ametralladora): a fully automatic firearm that will continue to load

and fire ammunition until the trigger, or other activating device, is released, the

ammunition is exhausted, or the firearm is jammed (encasquillada).

CULATA

CERROJO

ABERTURA SUPERIOR DE LA CORREDERA

EMPUÑADURA DELANTERA

TAPA DELTUBO CARGADOR

SEGURO

CAJA DEMECANISMOS

Inside the Barrel

Inside the Barrel

CAMPOS

RAYOS

CAÑÓN DE ARMA CORTA FUSIL

CAÑÓN DE ESCOPETA

Inside a Projectile

Inside a Projectile

PÓLVORA (GUNPOWDER)BULLET

FUNDA

PERDIGONESPÓLVORA

FULMINANTE

TAPÓNFUNDA/VAINA

CEBO

Sources

http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/index.cfm?page=glossary

https://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNANAT.html

http://www.anmac.gob.ar/index_seccion.php?seccion=clasi_armas_fuego&m=2

http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/servicios/armasyexplosivo/controldearmas/clasifica

_armas/

https://www.unodc.org/documents/organized-

crime/Firearms/Firearms_classification.pdf

The Interpreter’s Companion. Fourth Edition. Mikkleson, Holly

http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/index.cfm?page=glossaryhttps://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNANAT.htmlhttp://www.anmac.gob.ar/index_seccion.php?seccion=clasi_armas_fuego&m=2http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/servicios/armasyexplosivo/controldearmas/clasifica_armas/https://www.unodc.org/documents/organized-crime/Firearms/Firearms_classification.pdf