The difference between Lever action and Pump action

When used as nouns, lever action means a type of firearm action which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area, to load fresh cartridges into the chamber when the lever is worked, whereas pump action means a type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.


check bellow for the other definitions of Lever action and Pump action

  1. Lever action as a noun:

    a type of firearm action which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area, to load fresh cartridges into the chamber when the lever is worked.

  1. Pump action as a noun:

    a type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.

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