EXTRACTOR

Extractor

An extractor is a part in a firearm that serves to remove brass cases of fired ammunition after the ammunition has been fired. When the gun's action cycles, the extractor lifts or removes the spent brass casing from the firing chamber.

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extractor

Noun

  1. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others
  2. An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture
  3. A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber
  4. a particular kind of bipartite graph


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