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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

RECEIVER

In a firearm, the receiver or body is the housing for a firearm's bolt or breech and firing mechanism. The barrel is fixed to one end of the receiver, the magazine to one side, the trigger mechanism underneath and the butt is fixed to the end opposite the barrel.
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