NC BLET 2022/2023 Firearms Questions and answers, graded A+

NC BLET 2022/2023 Firearms Questions

and answers, graded A+

What is the N.C.G.S that allows for officers to use deadly force? - ✔✔-N.C.G.S.15A-401(d)(2)

When is a LEO justified in using deadly force? - ✔✔-1. [To] defend himself or a third person from what

he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force.

2. [To] effect an arrest or to prevent the escape from custody of a person who he reasonably believes is

attempting to escape by means of a deadly weapon, or who by his conduct or any other means indicates

that he presents an imminent threat of death or serious physical injury to others unless apprehended

without delay.

3. [To] prevent the escape of a person from custody imposed upon him as a result of CONVICTION FOR A

FELONY.

Generally, there are two types of handguns. What are they? - ✔✔-1. Semi-Automatic Handguns (Your

duty weapon / Glocks)

2. Revolvers

Revolvers evolved as the dominant weapon issued to law enforcement officers until the early..? - ✔✔-

1990s

Since the mid-1990s, semi-automatics began to evolve as..? - ✔✔-The preferred handgun for law

enforcement officers to the point that revolvers are seldom seen as issue handguns unless it is a back-up

or off-duty handgun.

The principle of the revolver is that a..? - ✔✔-Cylinder with separately loaded chambers (usually six)

revolves as the weapon is cocked or the action is pulled through, thereby aligning each chamber with

the barrel and firing pin in succession.

The double-action revolver can be fired by..? - ✔✔-1. Cocking the hammer and then pressing the trigger

2. Squeezing the trigger only, making the hammer pull back and fall all in one motion

Most cylinders of Smith and Wesson revolvers rotate..? - ✔✔-Counterclockwise

The cylinders of Colt revolvers rotate..? - ✔✔-Clockwise

The cylinder latches of various makes of revolvers do..? - ✔✔-Not all work the same. For example, the

cylinder latch on a Smith and Wesson must be pushed forward, while on a Colt, the latch must be pulled

back, and on the Ruger, it is pushed into the frame.

When shooting a revolver the shooter needs to learn to hold the handgun in the..? - ✔✔-Support hand

and load with the dominant hand.

Semi-automatic pistols are used almost unanimously by law enforcement agencies in the United States

and are issued by every law enforcement agency in..? - ✔✔-North Carolina who issues a duty handgun.

What is a Slide back, or emergency reload? - ✔✔-A slide back or emergency reload when the weapon is

empty, and the slide is locked to the rear. Drop the empty magazine, insert a new magazine, and pull the

slide to the rear to chamber a round.

What is a Slide forward reload? - ✔✔-There are two types of reloads when the slide is forward:

magazine change and magazine save.

a) Magazine change:

Drop the old magazine, insert a new magazine, and continue. Since there is a live round left in the

chamber, there is no need to rack the slide.

(b) Magazine save:

Obtain the new magazine and bring to the base of the grip. Release the old magazine capturing it in the

support hand, insert the new magazine, then secure the old magazine rather than dropping it; or

remove the old magazine and secure it, then insert a new magazine.

Some of the more commonly used semi-automatics in law enforcement are the..? - ✔✔-Glock, Smith &

Wesson M&P, Sig Sauer, and Beretta pistols.

The Sig Sauers and Berettas are known as traditional double-action semi-automatics and function like..?

- ✔✔-The revolver for the first shot. They are carried with the trigger forward and the hammer down. By

pulling the trigger, the shooter cocks the weapon and fires all in one motion. After firing the first round,

the weapon cocks itself, the hammer remaining rearward. Subsequent rounds are fired by pulling the

trigger single-action.

Shotguns are usually smooth bored, while handguns and rifles usually have some sort of cuts to them.

What are these called? - ✔✔-Longitudinal grooves, cut spirally into the bore of their barrels. The ridges

or raised portions between the grooves are called lands. These grooves cause a bullet to spin as it

travels in the barrel after being fired and makes it subsequent travel outside the barrel more stable and

accurate

What makes up modern ammunition? - ✔✔-1. The case

2. The primer

3. The Powder Charge

4. The Bullet

There are two types of powders. What are they and what are their differences? - ✔✔-1. Modern

smokeless powder when ignited in the open burns at a rather slow, sustained rate. Confined in the

chamber of the firearm, however, the powder burns so fast it appears to explode. There are many kinds

of smokeless powders of various grain and composition, for use in different guns. The basic difference

lies in the burning rate and the amount of gas produced.

2. Black powder, on the other hand, is less stable than smokeless powder and has explosive qualities,

whether burned in confined areas or not. It has no sustained rate of burning.

Misfire is the term used to describe..? - ✔✔-the situation where the primer fails to ignite the powder

charge

Hang fire represents the temporary..? - ✔✔-failure of the primer

Squib load is the term used to describe the situation where a cartridge is loaded with a primer but..? -

✔✔-no powder or insufficient powder