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Rimfire vs Centerfire   • Centerfire cartridge detonates when the firing pin hits the primer that is located at the centre of the base. On the other hand, rim cartridge detonates when it is hit by the firing pin on its edge. Rimfire and Centerfire are words that are used to refer to different types of cartridges... 

Gun vs Pistol vs Handgun   There has been a lot of discussion on talk shows and even inside the parliament about the need for stricter gun control laws in view of increasing violence with the help of these firearms like guns and pistols. This brings us to the question posed by the title of this article. Is... 

Suppressor vs Silencer   A shot from any firearm is accompanied with a loud bang, sometime it is the signature of a gun. No matter how large or small the gun is, this noise is inevitable. The reason is behind the mechanism of how the guns are fired. All the guns, old (muskets, carbines etc.) and the new,... 

Carbine vs Rifle   Whether you are a young recruit in armed forces given a long firearm for the first time or a commoner interested in the history of firearms, you must have often been confused by the differences between a carbine and a rifle. This is because there is no clear cut definition of the two firearms,... 

Gunshots vs Fireworks   For a common person, this may not be of vital importance, but if you happen to be a police officer, knowing the difference between a gunshot and firework may be necessary. You cannot take chances to be called for dereliction of duty treating gunshots as fireworks and not taking the... 

Pistol vs Rifle   Pistols and rifles are firearms that belong to two different categories of handguns and long guns respectively, while being weapons that hit the target with a burning projectile called a bullet. All firearms were initially called guns and even a pistol was called a gun until rifle came along.... 

Hydrogen vs Atomic Bomb Nuclear weapons are destructive weapons, created to release the energy from a nuclear reaction. These reactions can be broadly categorized in to two, as fission reactions and fusion reactions. In nuclear weapons, either a fission reaction or combinations of fission and fusion reactions... 

Revolver vs Pistol Revolver and Pistol are both very popular handguns that are used by people for self defense and also used by policemen in many countries to remain armed under all circumstances. Revolver is older of the two though its technology kept evolving till recently. Pistol is considered to be technologically... 

AK-47 vs AK-74 AK-47 is an assault rifle which operates with the power of gas used to launch the bullet from this 7.62x39mm assault rifle. AK 47 was made for the very first time by Mikhail Kalashnikov in Soviet Union. After the name of its developer, the rifle is also known as Kalashnikov. Development of AK-47... 

Clip vs Magazine Clip and Magazine are terms related to ammunition. To gun aficionados, the difference between a clip and a magazine is as apparent as the difference between black and white, however for those who doesn’t know much about guns, the dissimilarity might not be as conspicuous. Clip The clip is an...