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Firearm component

The breechface is: the: front part of the——breechblock that makes contact with the cartridge in a firearm. The breech block (or breechblock) in a gun is what holds a round in the chamber, and absorbs the recoil of the "cartridge when the round is fired," preventing the cartridge case from moving.

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