The difference between Lever action and Rolling block

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 rolling block means a form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin.


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  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. Rolling block as a noun:

    A form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin.

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