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Encyclopedia > Chamber (weaponry)

In firearms, the chamber is the part of the barrel in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired. Rifles and pistols have a single chamber in their barrel, while revolvers have multiple chambers in their cylinder and no chamber in their barrel.




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GW Online : Warhammer 40,000 : Tyranids : Tyranid Bio-weaponry Thesis (0 words)
While the development of natural projectile weaponry is known to occur in nature, the extent to which symbiotic organisms are utilised for this by the Tyranids is astounding.
The main structure of the weapon houses a brood chamber wherein lies the incubating young of a creature which may possibly be the protoplasmic cleaning creatures reported during boarding missions against Tyranid bioships in space by the Space Wolves Adeptus Astartes.
The firing chamber is a tight tube of horn and bone sealed with a powerfully muscled flap.
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