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BUMP STOCK [1 record]

Record 1 2018-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

Bump-fire stocks are attached to the receiver of the rifle. The stock uses the recoil effect to bounce the rifle off the shooter's shoulder and "bump" the trigger back into the trigger finger, thereby firing the weapon repeatedly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Crosse amovible qui, installée sur une arme semi-automatique, permet d'utiliser l'énergie du recul de l'arme pour augmenter sa cadence de tir et en automatiser la décharge.

OBS

crosse accélératrice; crosse amovible de mitraillage; crosse amovible de tir par rafales; crosse avec accélérateur de tir : termes et définition entérinés par le Comité de terminologie de Radio-Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas ligeras
CONT

El presidente de Estados Unidos [...] dijo que había ordenado al secretario de Justicia [...] que proponga cambios que prohibirían los llamados "bump stocks" o aceleradores de disparos, que facilitan el disparo de rondas de balas de forma más rápida.

OBS

acelerador de disparos: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la expresión "acelerador de disparos" como alternativa en español al anglicismo "bump stock".

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