Term

Pump Action

A manually-operated action cycled by sliding a forend back and forth.

Also: slide action

A pump-action shotgun or rifle is cycled by the support hand pulling the forend rearward (ejecting the spent shell) and pushing it forward (chambering a new round). Pump shotguns are the workhorse defensive and hunting shotgun in the US — extremely reliable, ammo-tolerant, and inexpensive.

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