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Definition of Slide action
1. Noun. Action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round.
Generic synonyms: Action, Action Mechanism
Group relationships: Rifle, Scattergun, Shotgun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slide Action
Literary usage of Slide action
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"For wing shooting I use a Winchester repeating shotgun, slide action. ... Does the
slide action jam the shells? TM, Southborough, Mass. ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"La Drew Sherwood, Etna, NY I have used a slide action repeating shotgun for some
time. ... They use the slide action Winchester gun and would have no other. ..."
3. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"factured prior to 1898, manually operated bolt action weapons, lever action
weapons, slide action weapons, single-shot weapons, multiple-barrel weapons, ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... from the slide action, and in these in early days the filling up of the scale
was made possible by the introduction of side- holes as above described. ..."
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