Most modern firearms ( with the notable exception of smoothbore firearms ) have rifled barrels to impart spin to the projectile for improved flight stability.

Most commonly the guns in question are personal firearms, typically handguns and long guns.

Most bolt-action firearms are fed by an internal magazine loaded by hand, by en bloc, or stripper clips, though a number of designs have had a detachable magazine or independent magazine, or even no magazine at all, thus requiring that each round be independently loaded.

Most of the game's firearms are modelled on real-life counterparts ( although their names are altered ), while others are based on fictitious devices featured in the Bond films, such as the Golden Gun and Moonraker laser.

Most lever-action firearms are rifles, but lever-action shotguns and a few pistols have also been made.

Most military firearms are measured in metric units, beginning with the M-14 which was introduced in 1957, although a few legacy exceptions exist, such as. 50-caliber guns.

Most commonly associated with telescopic sights for aiming firearms, crosshairs are also common in optical instruments used for astronomy and surveying, and are also popular in graphical user interfaces as a precision pointer.

Most magazines designed for use with a reciprocating bolt firearm ( tube fed firearms being the exception ) utilize of a set of feed lips which stops the vertical motion of the cartridges out of the magazine but allow one cartridge at a time to be pushed forward ( stripped ) out of the feed lips by the firearm's bolt into the chamber.

Most pump-action firearms do not have any positive indication that they are out of ammunition, so it is possible to complete a cycle and have an empty chamber.

Importations of most Norinco firearms and ammunition into the United States were blocked during the Clinton Administration in 1993 under new trade rules when China's Most Favored Nation status was renewed.

Most outdoor ranges additionally restrict the maximum caliber size, or have separate ranges devoted to use for higher-powered firearms.

Most modern small firearms use a rotating breechblock, better known as a bolt, first used in manually operated bolt action weapons, but later operated by the power of the cartridge in automatic weapons.

Most firearms have muzzle velocities in excess of the ambient speed of sound, and even in subsonic cartridges the escaping gases will exceed the speed of sound, forming a shock wave.

Most of their attacks were carried out using improvised weapons ; stone throwing, stabbing attacks, and use of stolen firearms.

Most common on sporting firearms is the half-stock, which extends roughly half the length of the barrel.

He was an escaped fugitive during the spring, summer and fall of 2001 and was the FBI's 467th fugitive to be placed on the Ten Most Wanted list for carjackings, firearms violations, and bank robbery on September 21, 2001.

Most immediately relevant to these episodes in Goa, Katanga and Ghana, as to the Suez-Hungary crisis before them, is the belief that the main theater of the world drama is the underdeveloped region of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Most of them had seen Our American Cousin before, and unless Miss Keene was on stage, there was not much to it.

Most of the cases covered by Poirot's private detective agency take place before his retirement to grow marrows, at which time he solves The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

Most cases that go to trial are carefully prepared through a discovery process that aids in the review of evidence and testimony before it is presented to judge or jury.

Most of the arguments proposed in favor of non-violence to animals refer to rewards it entails before or after death and to horrible karmic consequences of violence.

Additionally, Brooks Robinson was named Most Valuable Player in 1964, just two years before the 1966 – 1983 golden era began.

Most legal systems require sufficient notice to be given to all directors of these meetings, and that a quorum must be present before any business may be conducted.

Most of these nomadic peoples had, to some extent, been " sinicized " long before their ascent to power.

Most online dictionaries list a pejorative meaning as the primary definition before a neutral one, though Merriam-Webster lists the neutral one first.

Most multi-roll bets may fall into the situation where a point is made by the shooter before the outcome of the multi-roll bet is decided.

Most of these conspiracies took place before Claudius ' term as Censor, and may have induced him to review the Senatorial rolls.

Most of the free African-American families in Delaware before the Revolution had migrated from Maryland to find more affordable land.

Most of the overground dolmens found in Alinchuvad were made before the Iron Age since no tools were used to dress the granite slabs.

Most reports on ECHELON focus on satellite interception ; testimony before the European Parliament indicated that separate but similar UK-US systems are in place to monitor communication through undersea cables, microwave transmissions and other lines.

Most qualify as an internist, pediatrician, or gynecologist for a few years before specializing, depending on the local training system.

Most tropical cyclones form on the side of the subtropical ridge closer to the equator, then move poleward past the ridge axis before recurving into the main belt of the Westerlies.

Most films before 1930 were silent.

Most of the swing gang's work occurs before and after the shooting crew arrives but one set dresser remains with the shooting crew and is known as the On-set Dresser.

Most gas masks use sealing caps over the air intake to prevent the filter from degrading before use, but the protective abilities also degrade as the filter ages or if it is exposed to moisture and heat.

Most lexicographers started dismissing him as a " polygraph " who composed too many works, a Vielschreiber for whom quantity came before quality.

Most political actors perceived Duvalier — a medical doctor who had served as a rural administrator of a United States-funded anti-yaws campaign before entering the cabinet under Estimé — as an honest and fairly unassuming leader without a strong ideological motivation or program.

Most IKEA stores offer an " as-is " area at the end of the warehouse, just before the cash registers.

Most high voltage insulators are designed with a lower flashover voltage than puncture voltage, so they will flash over before they puncture, to avoid damage.

Most of these departures-78276-occurred before 1962.

Most Common Kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age ; mortality til the first birthday may be as high as 70 %.