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Noun: pump action
  1. Action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round
    - slide action

Derived forms: pump actions

Type of: action, action mechanism

Part of: rifle, scattergun [N. Amer], shotgun

Encyclopedia: Pump action

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