(1) In Barrel rifling the distance a bullet must travel in the bore to make one revolution
(2) In grips, the angle that the front of the handgun grip makes with the line of sight
(3) In shotguns, pitch is an expression used to indicate the relationship of the bore to the plane of the buttplate (pad). It is found by extending a line across the butt and drawing at right angles to this line an additional line through the highest point on the receiver or frame and measuring the distance from an extension of this line to a point at the base of the front sight bead. The pitch is said to be down if the described line is above the front sight and up if below. The pitch is normally down
(4) A component used in making clay targets
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