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Title: FIREARMS


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FIREARMS
  • PATRICK GILES, SHANE STEPHENS, BRYAN SIRES

Provided by Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture
Teacher, Lowndes Co. High School GA Ag Ed
Curriculum Office To accompany Georgia
Agriculture Education Curriculum Lesson
03411 July 2002
2
OBJECTIVES
  • Students will be able to recognize the ten most
    important safety rules
  • Students will be able to understand the
    importance of muzzle control
  • Students will be able to identify the three basic
    parts which all guns have and explain the
    function of each
  • Students will be able to identify the three basic
    types of firearms and the different types of
    actions
  • Students will understand and be able to explain
    caliber and gauge
  • Students will know the basic components of modern
    ammunition and will be able to describe their
    role in the firing sequence

3
OBJECTIVES (CONTINUED)
  • Students will understand the dangers that may be
    involved in firing antique firearms and replicas,
    and in the use of black powder vs. smokeless
    powder
  • Students will understand and be able to explain
    zones of fire
  • Students will understand how to safely transport
    firearms

4
OBJECTIVES (CONTINUED)
  • Students will understand the importance of
    properly cleaning firearms
  • Students will understand how to safely and
    properly store firearms and ammo

5
TERMS TO KNOW
  • Firearm
  • -a tool invented by man to propel a projectile
    such as a bullet
  • Safety
  • -designed to prevent the firearm from firing
    accidentally
  • Magazine
  • -holds stored cartridges ready to be loaded into
    chamber
  • Shot
  • -small lead or steel pellets

6
Ten Commandments of Firearm Safety
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TYPES OF FIREARMS
  • RIFLES-HAVE A THICKER BARREL AND GROOVES CUT INTO
    THE METAL
  • SHOTGUNS-FIRE MANY SMALL LEAD OR STEEL PELLETS,
    CALLED A SHOT, IN A PATTERN AT A TARGET
  • HANDGUNS

8
RIFLES
  • GROOVES ARE CUT INTO THE METAL OF THE BARREL TO
    MAKE THE BULLET SPIN AS IT GOES THROUGH THE
    BARREL WHICH MAKES IT GO STAIGHTER AND FARTHER
  • THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF RIFLE ACTIONS BOLT,
    LEVER ACTION, PUMP,SEMI-AUTOMATIC, AND BREAK
    ACTION

9
SHOTGUNS
  • THE MOST VERSATILE HUNTING FIREARM
  • THEY FIRE MANY SMALL LEAD OR STEEL PELLTS, CALLED
    A SHOT
  • SHOTGUNS CAN BE USED AS RIFLES WITH SOME GAME
    ANIMALS-THEY USE EITHER RIFLED SLUGS OR BUCKSHOT

10
FIREARMS HANDLING AND SAFETY
  • 1.ALWAYS CONTROL THE MUZZLE OF YOUR FIREARM,
    POINTING IT IN A SAFE DIRECTION.
  • Keep your finger off the trigger until you are
    ready to fire.
  • 2.TREAT EACH FIREARM AS IF IT IS LOADED.
  • Never accept a firearm from anyone else until you
    have checked personally to see that it is unloaded

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FIREARM HANDLING AND SAFETY (CONTINUED)
  • 3. BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET, AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT
  • DONT TAKE AN OVER THE HILL SHOT
  • THERE ARE MANY SAFE WAYS TO CARRY A FIREARM
    ELBOW, CRADLE, TRAIL, SHOULDER, DOUBLE HAND, SLING

12
SAFE SHOOTING ZONES
  • THE MOST EXPERIENCED MEMBER OF THE GROUP NEEDS TO
    PERSONALLY INSTRUCT EACH HUNTER ON HIS DIRECTION
    THEY SHOULD FIRE.
  • A PERSON ON THE LEFT WILL SHOOT IN THE LEFT
    DIRECTION, MIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE DIRECTION, AND
    RIGHT TO THE RIGHT DIRECION.

13
FIREARM PARTS AND AMMO
  • DIFFERENT FIREARMS HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS, BUT
    THERE ARE THREE BASIC PARTS WHICH ALL GUNS HAVE
    THE TRIGGER, BARREL, AND SOME KIND OF SIGHT
  • The trigger fires the ammo
  • The barrel makes the ammo spiral or decides how
    it patterns out
  • The sight gives someone a way to aim the gun

14
AMMUNITION
  • There are three types of ammunition rimfire,
    centerfire, and shotgun shells.
  • Rimfire and centerfire cartridges are fired in
    the same way in which your trigger releases the
    hammer that drives a firing pin into the primer
    area the primer explodes, setting fire to the
    powder which causes very high gas pressure which
    pushes the bullet or shot out of the firearms
    barrel.

15
CLEANING AND STORAGE
  • Your firearm should be cleaned after each use-use
    solvent to clean the bore thoroughly
  • A horizontal rack is fine for storage
  • A cased firearm should be placed muzzle down

16
CHAPTER REVIEW
  • Name the 3 basic parts of a rifle or shotgun
  • -barrel, action, and stock
  • What are the four parts of a rifle cartridge?
  • -case, primer, powder, and bullet
  • Name the five types of actions.
  • -bolt, lever, pump, semi-automatic, break
  • What is the purpose of the safety?
  • -to prevent the firearm from firing if the
    trigger is accidentally pulled
  • Name two safety procedures for storing firearms.
  • -put it in a case and store it horizontally

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CHAPTER REVIEW (CONT.)
  • How can a hunter be certain his ammo is the
    correct and safe size?
  • -check the caliber or gauge stamped on the
    barrel
  • Explain the shoulder carry and tell when it
    should not be used.
  • -you hold the firearm at the grip and lean it on
    your shoulder, you should not use it if there is
    someone behind you
  • What is a zone of fire?-a direction in which a
    hunter can fire
  • What are four positions to hold rifles
    steady?-prone,standing,sitting,kneeling
  • Explain the shooters stance when using a
    shotgun?-you shift your weight to the leg out in
    front and lean into the shotgun
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