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Noun
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018 -
Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
Noun
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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.—
Outdoor Life,
Outdoor Life,
23 Nov. 2023
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Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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Seriously, watch this, there's cannons blasting, musket fire and smoke everywhere!—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Now the Russians are fielding an alternative drone shotgun mount which looks even simpler and more efficient.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The Context The brothers were sentenced to life behind bars in 1996 for the shotgun killings of their father Jose Menendez and mother Kitty Menendez at their home in Beverly Hills, California.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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What the Supreme Court should not do is hand down a blunderbuss of a legal rule — one that could very well throw every public school in the country into turmoil — based on a half-baked legal theory constructed by lawyers who don’t even know if their clients’ rights were violated yet.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
15 Apr. 2025
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Now comes President Donald Trump with his blunderbuss actions that weaken or threaten to weaken the press across the board, perplexing us all who are paying attention.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Clyde cited taxes on firearm purchases as part of his reasoning.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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For that reason, Torres-Chirinos is also charged with two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful alien.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Gutierrez-Reed, who was 24 at the time and an inexperienced armorer, was supposed to load the revolver that Baldwin was holding with dummy rounds.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Breechloader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breechloader. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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