The barrel sleeve extended all the way to the end, where it met the flash hider.

During a barrel change, the operator would disengage a latch which held the receiver to the barrel sleeve.

The weapon also ceased to function when overheated, the barrel sleeve remaining in the retracted position until the gun had cooled off.

The recoiling barrel sleeve as well as all the bolt moving parts were precision milled from solid steel and always fully interchangeable.

The BATF approved a version with a longer barrel sleeve which covered more of the muzzle thread.

A barrel sleeve with Krag bayonet mount and front sight was also an option with the "Police Rifle".

As the Chinese retreated, Burke wrapped his field jacket around the Browning's hot barrel sleeve and tore the 31-pound weapon off its tripod.

The tank typically had two MG 34 machine guns of a specific version designed for use in armored combat vehicles featuring an armored barrel sleeve.

Unusual for submachineguns, the m/948 was fitted with a barrel sleeve with a mount to accept the standard Portuguese Mauser bayonet.

To allow a soldier to hold a Sten by the hot barrel sleeve with the supporting hand, an insulating lace-on leather sleeve guard was sometimes issued.

The barrel sleeve was shorter and rather than having small holes on the top, it had three sets of three holes equally spaced on the shroud.

Fire accuracy is attained by the laser rangefinder, wind sensor, ballistic computer, and thermal barrel sleeve, while essential muzzle reference system is invisible in released photographs.

A new barrel would then be put in the back of the sleeve, and the receiver rotated back in line with the barrel sleeve and latched.

At beginning of the Spanish-American War, Fort Morgan also received eight 10-inch smooth-bore muzzle-loading cannon, converted to 8" rifles with the insertion of a barrel sleeve.

Ceremonial and in UN/ONU: the m/45C is an m/45B with a bayonet mount on the barrel sleeve which was used for parade and guard duties.

Barrel socks, also commonly called barrel sleeves or barrel condoms, are a newer form of barrel block, and consist of a cloth pouch with an adjustable elastic cord.

Overheating during long periods of fire (about 300 rounds with the 8mm Lebel version) often resulted in the barrel sleeve assembly locking in the rear position due to thermal expansion, causing stoppage of fire until the gun had cooled off.

Several bullets caught the edge of the pad to her right, and as she jerked back two more hit the Sterling's barrel sleeve, tearing the gun from her grasp with a hammerblow effect that left her hands numb, the right palm bleeding, the gun unusable.