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Below is a list of multiple-barrel firearms of all forms from around the world. [1]
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Below is a list of multiple-barrel firearms of all forms from around the world. [1]
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1 | Arsenal Firearms |  | .38 Super .45 ACP |  Italy | 2011 |
| Baylè 1879 wallet / palm pistol |  France | 1879 | |||
| COP .357 Derringer |  | .38 Special .357 Magnum |  United States | 1983 | |
| Pepper-box |  | 1700s-1800s | |||
| Garrucha (pistol) |  | .32 S&W .38 S&W .22 Short .22 Long .22 Long Rifle |  Brazil | 1930s | |
| Howdah pistol |  | .577 Snider .455 Webley .476 Enfield |  United Kingdom | 1800s-1900s | |
| Lancaster pistol |  | .577 inch .450 Adams .455 Webley | United Kingdom | 1800s-1900s | |
| Mossberg Brownie | O.F. Mossberg & Sons |  | .22 Long Rifle .22 Short | United States | 1919 |
| Mk 1 Underwater Defense Gun | Mark 59 Mod 0 Projectile | United States | 1970 | ||
| Heckler & Koch P11 [2] | Heckler & Koch |  | 7.62×36mm |  West Germany | 1977 |
| SPP-1 underwater pistol | Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod |  | 4.5×40mmR |  Soviet Union | 1975 |
| Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen double-barrel revolvers | Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen | .25 ACP .32 ACP 6.5 Velodog |  Belgium France | 1911 | |
| S333 Thunderstruck | Standard Manufacturing | .22 WMR | United States | 2019 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nock gun | Henry Nock |  | .46 inches (12 mm) | United Kingdom | 1779 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nambu Type 90 | Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company |  |  Japan | 1930 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osa |  | 18×45 mm |  Russia | 1997 | |
| Flash-ball | Verney-Carron |  | 44×83mm | France | 1995 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturmpistole M.18 | Steyr |  | 9×23mm Steyr |  Austrian Empire  Kingdom of Hungary | 1917 |
| Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun |  | 9mm Glisenti |  Italy | 1914 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M30 Luftwaffe drilling | Sauer & Sohn |  | 12 gauge 9.3×74mmR |  Germany | 1941 |
| DP-12 | Standard Manufacturing Company | 12 gauge | United States | 2015 | |
| Winchester Liberator | Winchester Repeating Arms Company |  | 16 Gauge 12 gauge | United States | 1962 |
| Chiappa Triple Threat | Chiappa Firearms |  | 12 Gauge | United States | 2013 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP-64 | Degtyarev plant |  | 45mm grenades | Russia | 1990 |
A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries.
In firearm designs, the term single-shot refers to guns that can hold only a single round of ammunition inside and thus must be reloaded manually after every shot. Compared to multi-shot repeating firearms ("repeaters"), single-shot designs have no moving parts other than the trigger, hammer/firing pin or frizzen, and therefore do not need a sizable receiver behind the barrel to accommodate a moving action, making them far less complex and more robust than revolvers or magazine/belt-fed firearms, but also with much slower rates of fire.
A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise. Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported.
Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism itself, also known as the true flintlock, that was introduced in the early 17th century, and gradually replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock, the wheellock, and the earlier flintlock mechanisms such as the snaplock and snaphaunce.
In the United States, assault weapon is a controversial term applied to different kinds of firearms. There is no clear, consistent definition. It can include semi-automatic firearms with a detachable magazine, a pistol grip, and sometimes other features, such as a vertical forward grip, flash suppressor, or barrel shroud. Certain firearms are specified by name in some laws that restrict assault weapons. When the now-defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban was passed in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice said, "In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use." The commonly used definitions of assault weapons are under frequent debate, and have changed over time.
The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236 was enacted on June 26, 1934, and currently codified and amended as I.R.C. ch. 53. The law is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes an excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title I.
In the United Kingdom, gun ownership is considered a privilege, not a right, and access by the general public to firearms is subject to strict control measures. Members of the public may own certain firearms for the purposes of sport shooting, recreation, hunting or occupational purposes, however, they must be properly licensed.
The chamber of a firearm is the cavity at the back end of a breechloading weapon's barrel or cylinder, where the ammunition is inserted before being fired. The rear opening of the chamber is the breech, and is sealed by the breechblock or the bolt.
This is an index of lists of weapons.
Break action is a type of firearm action in which the barrel(s) are hinged much like a door and rotate perpendicularly to the bore axis to expose the breech and allow loading and unloading of cartridges. A separate operation may be required for the cocking of a hammer to fire the new round. There are many types of break-action firearms; break actions are universal in double-barreled shotguns, double-barreled rifles, combination guns, and are commonly found in single shot pistols, rifles, shotguns, including flare guns, grenade launchers, air guns, and some older revolver designs. They are also known as hinge-action, break-open, break-barrel, break-top, or, on old revolvers, top-break actions.
Short-barreled rifle broadly refers to any rifle with an unusually short barrel. The term carbine describes a production rifle with a reduced barrel length for easier handling in confined spaces. Concern about concealment for illegal purposes has encouraged regulations specifying minimum barrel lengths and overall lengths.
The following are terms related to firearms and ammunition topics.
Title II weapons, or NFA firearms, are designations of certain weapons under the United States National Firearms Act (NFA).
A multiple-barrel firearm is any type of firearm with more than one gun barrel, usually to increase the rate of fire or hit probability and to reduce barrel erosion or overheating.
A repeating firearm or repeater is any firearm that is designed for multiple, repeated firings before the gun has to be reloaded with new ammunition.
