i believe it is the breech
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The breech is the opening at the rear of the barrel. The opening at the front is the muzzle.
The muzzle.
Rifles and pistols
Guns backfire when there is something blocking the hole in thee end of the barrel
Barrel Blocking Device
The first guns were cannon- they were rather short, and looked like a barrel- a hollow container, round and long.
Known as the muzzle
Try the barrel, action, breech
A barrel, but that is about it.
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made in usa
Depends on which gun. By opening the action, and being able to see that there is no cartridge in the gun is the basic method. Some guns require removal of the magazine first. A muzzleloading gun, such as a musket, cannot BE opened, and must be checked with a ramrod to insure that there is no load of powder and shot in the barrel.
Robert Brownjohn