ball clicker

noun

A mechanism that uses ball bearings which fall into an indentation to create a clicking noise when an adjustment knob is turned to a correct position.

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Meanings

nounball clicker (plural ball clickers)

plural ball clickers

  1. A mechanism that uses ball bearings which fall into an indentation to create a clicking noise when an adjustment knob is turned to a correct position.

    Double steel ball clickers in windage and elevation adjustments.

    1947, Charles Richmond Jacobs, John T. Amber, Ken Warner, The Gun Digest - Volume 3, page 150
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    Redfield 70 Steel ball clicker system insures sharp, definite clicks.

    1954, Charles R. Jacobs, The New Official Gun Book, page 69

    Its cap has a hidden, connecting arm with hidden, 1-mm “ball clickers,” which click when completely open

    2017 March 7, Mark Bernardo, “Single-Malt “Watch”: Urwerk Teams Up With The Macallan”, in Watch Time
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