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NRA Pistol Shooting Exam
What are the frame, barrel, and action -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are the three major components of a pistol
What is the part of a revolver where cartridges are held in a circular pattern -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the cylinder
What releases a spring-powered hammer or striker to fire the cartridge -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the trigger mechanism
What are sight alignment and sight picture -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are the elements or stages of aiming
What is unique about the front sight in aiming -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Where to focus while aiming
What use is the information on the barrel or slide, the owner's manual, and the cartridge box and headstamp -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is how to ensure you use the correct ammunition for your gun
Why would one keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction and wait at least 30 seconds before opening the action and removing the cartridge -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is what to do upon a misfire or hangfire: i.e. when a cartridge fails to fire immediately
Why use the same pistol grip each time you hold the pistol -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is a best-practice for gripping a pistol
Why continue all shooting fundamentals before, during, and immediately after firing a shot -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the reason follow-through is important
What is the central component of a pistol and made of steel, aluminum, titanium, or polymer materials -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the frame of the pistol
What is made of a case, primer, powder, and bullet -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are the components of a pistol cartridge
What is dry firing -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This involves practicing the firing process using an unloaded firearm
Why move the rear sight opposite the direction you want to hits on the target to move -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the basic rule of sight alignment
What is trigger control -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the technique of pulling the trigger without causing movement of the aligned sights
What produces high pressure gas that moves a bullet down the barrel -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is produced as gun powder burns
What good are consistency, balance, support, natural aiming area, and comfort -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are elements of a good shooting position
What is proper sight alignment -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is having the top of the sights aligned and the front sight centered
What is a squib load -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This results from less than normal pressure of velocity after ignition of the cartridge
What results when a gun is properly maintained -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is how to make a gun more reliable, accurate, and last longer
When to keep a gun pointed in a safe direction -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Always do this
What is a mechanical device that can fail -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is a safety
Where do you store a pistol -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is a place not accessible to unauthorized persons
What is a hangfire -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is a perceptible delay in the ignition of a cartridge after the primer has been struck
What can be fired from any handgun -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is not true of pistol cartridges
What is breath control and holding half a breath -Correct Answer ✔
✔ This is how to breath until the shot is fired
What is the use of your dominant eye -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Use this eye for aiming
What is keep the gun unloaded -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Do this with a gun until you are ready to use it
What is cleaned -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This must be done to pistols that are fired regularly
What are sight alignment and sight picture -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are the two stages of aiming
What is one of the most important shooting fundamentals -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is trigger control
What are the frame, barrel, and action -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These are the major components of breech-loading
Where is the chamber of a semi-automatic pistol -Correct Answer ✔
✔ This is located at the rear of the barrel
What is the magazine -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the storage device that holds extra cartridges in a semi-automatic pistol
How cartridges should be treated -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ These should not be exposed to water and solvents
What is the muzzle where the bullet exits -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is the front end of the barrel
When to know your target and what is beyond -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Know these when shooting a pistol
When to learn how a gun operates and read the manual -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This is done before handling a gun
