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Smoothbore

Definition

An unrifled barrel with no spiral grooves. Gives little or no stria on a fired projectile, which makes comparison microscopy of country-made bullets unreliable.

Related terms

Arms Act 1959
Principal Indian statute regulating manufacture, possession, transport and sale of firearms and ammunition. Possession of an unlicensed country-made firearm is punishable under...
Country-Made Firearm
An illicitly manufactured firearm, fabricated in unlicensed cottage workshops without quality control, typically smoothbore and chambered loosely. Generic Indian umbrella for katta,...
Katta
Single-shot crude pistol, usually.315 or 12 bore, with a break-action or screw-plug breech and a nail-head striking pin. Dominant illicit firearm in...
Mikrosil Casting
Two-part silicone casting compound used to make a negative replica of a chamber, breech face or tool-mark. Standard at Indian CFSL ballistics...
Obturation
The gas-sealing function of the cartridge case during firing, in which the case wall expands outward under propellant pressure to seal the...
Pipe-Gun
Single-shot improvised firearm built from a steel water pipe as the barrel and a sliding sleeve as the firing mechanism. Used as...
Tamancha
Generic Urdu / Hindi term for a small improvised pistol. Often used interchangeably with katta in case papers and FIRs.

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