A repeating gun action that is operated by manually pumping a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject the expended shell casing and typically to cock the hammer/striker, and then pushed forward to load a new cartridge into the chamber.
Most pump-action firearms use an integral tubular magazine, although some do use detachable box magazines.
Pump-action is typically associated with shotguns. The Remington 870 and Mossberg 590 are common examples of pump action firearms.
The following tags are aliased to this tag: pump_shotgun (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: fabarm_fp6, ithaca_m37, kel-tec_ksg, mossberg_500, remington_870, spas-12, and winchester_model_1897 (learn more).
