A repeating firearm or repeater is any firearm, either a handgun (i.e. revolver) or a long gun (i.e. rifle and shotgun) that is capable of repeated firing before needing to manually reload new ammunition into the gun. These firearms are breechloading by nature. Different to the preceding single-shot firearms (which can only hold and fire one round), a repeating firearm can store multiple cartridges inside a magazine (internal or detachable), a cylinder or a belt, and uses a moving action to manipulate each of these cartridges into and out of battery position (within the chamber and in alignment with the bore), allowing the gun to discharge numerous times in relatively quick succession before a manual ammunition reload is needed.