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Breechloading vs Headstamp - What's the difference?

breechloading | headstamp | Related terms |

Headstamp is a related term of breechloading.



As an adjective breechloading

is describing a breechloader gun - a gun that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.

As a noun headstamp is

the identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

breechloading

English

Adjective

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  • Describing a breechloader gun - a gun that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.

    • Antonyms

    * muzzleloading

    headstamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.
    • 2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban? ; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1:
  • :* Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps , which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.

    • Related terms

    * ammo, ammunition * bullet, round * breechloading * cartridge, case, shell * Taliban

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