Is a rifle chamber a verb or a noun?

One nagging question is whether or not a rifle chamber is a verb or a noun.   Can you change one to the other?  The funny part is, the rifle is made up of tangible working components.  All of them are a noun except (unitl now) the rifle chamber.  The chamber was a service, a job, something you had done.  Don't believe me? Walk into a gun store and ask to buy just a rifle chamber and see just what funny looks you get.

The ACE system completes the rifles transition into a true all-component status.  The chamber is now a stand alone working part of the rifle, a tangible usable and reusable part separate of the barrel.  We don't thow away an action when the barrel is shot out, nor the stock.  That would be crazy.   But, we throw away what could be one of the most important parts of the rifle, the chamber, every time.  As it was, up until now, it was simply a service provided to the barrel.

In the future, picking the chamber as a selected component is now a reality.  Buying a good one and using it over and over again has finally came to fruition.  The only service that a builder or gunsmith provided that you could not complete the rifle without them, was the chamber.  That is now no longer the case! 

The future of a true component based rifle system is here, with each and every part a stand alone entity with the ablity to be changed, swapped or re-used at the owner's will or discretion.  You no longer need to rely on the service of a third- party machinist or shop.  

Think about the process of rebarreling a rifle as it once was.  Your prized rifle is now shot out. It is no longer the tack driver it once used to be.  With a heavy heart, you pack her up and send her off with the hopes that she makes it there to the smith and back.  And, with the hope that he treats her with the same love and care you have shown the rifle for years.  Then, when you get her back, with anxiety, you load her up, take her to the range and hold your breath with fingers crossed for the first few rounds.  Is it going to be the same rifle she once was.? Maybe, maybe not.

Fast forward to 2024.  Your prized rifle is now getting close to giving up it's best accuracy.  It's barrel is slowly being worn down and she is just hanging on.  You prop her up on the bench and with careful love and attention, take your chamber off the old barrel and put it on the new.  You give a little extra cleaning attention to her while you put her back together and later that evening at the range she is shooting like she did when she was brand new.  That is the future; that is progress; that is the ACE system and that chamber is now a noun, no longer a verb dependent on someone else.  And this chamber is yours.