pump-action
(of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
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How to use pump-action in a sentence
His 12-gauge pump-action shotgun was purchased for $279 at Lock N Load, a gun store in an Oldsmar strip mall, authorities say.
Here's How Easily a Mentally-Ill Teen Can Get a Gun | David Frum | January 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis simple mechanism is a practical means for converting circular mule motion into vertical reciprocating pump action.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. ShearerThe pump-action is the usual nickel action, that was formerly general on our ships, and is still widely used on smacks.
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British Dictionary definitions for pump-action
(of a shotgun or other repeating firearm) operated by a slide-action mechanism feeding ammunition from a magazine under the barrel into the breech
spraying or dispensing liquid by means of a pump rather than using a propellant
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