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The wound cavity is the internal space destroyed by a bullet’s passage.

Windage is the left to right adjustment one can make on a gun site or scope.  This is also known as azimuth.

Trap Park Setup

Trap House

One person sites in the Trap House and loads clays one by one. The puller (or scorekeeper) has control of the trap. The thrower constantly moves back and forth, and it is the job of the person in the trap house to continue feeding it.

  • use orange clays for day shooting
  • use white clays for night shooting

The “pull” mechanism differs by trap park. In some, the puller has a corded button that runs from the trap house. However, voice activated traps are becoming more popular, with a voice activated mic in front of each shooter.

A mechanism for quickly loading the cylinder of a Revolver.

Using a Speed Loader:

  • Turn dial to counterclockwise
  • insert rounds into speed loader
  • turn dial clockwise, rounds are now “locked” into the speed loader.
  • store speed loader
  • open Revolver cylinder and hold Revolver in left hand
  • line up and insert speed loader into empty cylinder
  • once your rounds are in, twist dial clockwise to release
  • close cylinder and away you go

Speed-loader
Photo by Mugofevil

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