# Breechface

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{{Short description|Firearm component}}
The '''breechface''' is the front part of the [breechblock](/source/breechblock) that makes contact with the [cartridge](/source/cartridge_(firearms)) in a [firearm](/source/firearm). The breech block (or breechblock) in a gun is what holds a round in the [chamber](/source/chamber_(firearms)), and absorbs the [recoil](/source/recoil) of the cartridge when the round is fired, preventing the cartridge case from moving.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-614259.html |title = Breechface definition}}</ref>{{More citations needed|the requirement to be published in a process that has fact-checking and that has a editorial policy—this publication has a disclaimer about reliability of the content|date=February 2023|why=source does not meet [WP:RS](/source/WP%3ARS)}}

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