ball clicker

English

Noun

ball clicker (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.
   • 1947, Charles Richmond Jacobs, John T. Amber, Ken Warner, The Gun Digest - Volume 3, page 150:

     Double steel ball clickers in windage and elevation adjustments.

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

     Redfield 70 Steel ball clicker system insures sharp, definite clicks.

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

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

See also

• Executive Ball Clicker