# headspace

> In a firearm; the distance measured from the face of the bolt to the part of the chamber that stops forward motion of the cartridge

**Wikidata**: [Q217539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217539)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headspace_(firearms))  
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