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Breech action

Breech action\ The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic and machine guns; -- used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech-loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to loading position.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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