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FN FNP, the Glossary

The FN FNP pistol is a series of semi-automatic, polymer-framed pistols manufactured in Columbia, South Carolina, by FNH USA, a division of Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.^[1]

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.357 SIG semi-automatic pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of Belgium
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2006

Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and.40 S&W calibers. FN FNP and Browning Hi-Power are .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols, 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols, fN Herstal firearms, semi-automatic pistols of Belgium and semi-automatic pistols of the United States.

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Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping and development of its inmates, officially classed as persons deprived of liberty (PDL).

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Chamber (firearms)

The chamber of a firearm is the cavity at the back end of a breechloading weapon's barrel or cylinder, where the ammunition is inserted before being fired.

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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Double action

Double action (or double-action) refers to one of two systems in firearms where the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer.

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A view of the break-action of a typical double-barrelled shotgun, with the action open and the scalloped triangularly shaped extractor visible at the base of the two barrels. The opening lever and the safety catch are visible In breechloading firearms, an extractor is an action component that serves to remove spent casings of previously fired cartridges from the chamber, in order to vacate the chamber for loading a fresh round of ammunition.

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FN FNX

The FN FNX pistol is a series of semi-automatic, polymer-framed pistols manufactured in Columbia, South Carolina, by FN America (branded FNH USA), a division of Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal. FN FNP and FN FNX are .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols, .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols, 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols, fN Herstal firearms, semi-automatic pistols of Belgium and semi-automatic pistols of the United States.

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FN Herstal

, trading as FN Herstal and often referred to as Fabrique Nationale, Factory National, or simply FN, is a leading firearms manufacturer based in Herstal, Belgium, and former vehicle manufacturer.

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Genk

Genk is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt.

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Glock

Glock (stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests. FN FNP and Glock are .357 SIG semi-automatic pistols, .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols, .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols and 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols.

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Hammer (firearms)

The hammer is a part of a firearm that is used to strike the percussion cap/primer, or a separate firing pin, to ignite the propellant and fire the projectile.

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List of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.

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Llama M82

The Llama M82 is a pistol produced by the Spanish firm Llama-Gabilondo y Cía. S.A. It is a standard-issue pistol of the Spanish Armed Forces. FN FNP and Llama M82 are .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols and 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols.

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Magazine (firearms)

A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral within the gun (internal/fixed magazine) or externally attached (detachable magazine).

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.

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Pistol slide

The slide on the majority of fully/semi-automatic pistols is the upper part that reciprocates ("slides") with recoil during the gun's operating cycle.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Receiver (firearms)

In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving") components such as the barrel, stock, trigger mechanism and iron/optical sights.

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Recoil operation

Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms.

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Semi-automatic firearm

A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot.

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Semi-automatic pistol

A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired.

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Spanish Marine Infantry

The Marine Infantry (Infantería de Marina) is the naval infantry branch of the Spanish Navy responsible for conducting amphibious warfare.

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Steyr M

The Steyr M is a series of semi-automatic pistols developed by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG of Austria for police services and the civilian shooting market. FN FNP and Steyr M are .357 SIG semi-automatic pistols, .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols and 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols.

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Trigger (firearms)

A trigger is a mechanism that actuates the function of a ranged weapon such as a firearm, airgun, crossbow, or speargun.

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Tritium

Tritium or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life ~12.3 years.

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.357 SIG

The.357 SIG (designated as the 357 Sig by the SAAMI and 357 SIG by the C.I.P. or 9×22 mm in official metric notation) is a bottlenecked rimless centrefire handgun cartridge developed by the Swiss-German firearms manufacturer SIG Sauer, in cooperation with ammunition manufacturer Federal Premium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_FNP

Also known as FN FNP Series, FN FNP-40, FN FNP-45, FN FNP-9, FN FNP-9m, FN FNP9, FN Herstal FNP, Fnp 45.