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  2. Sighting in - Wikipedia

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    Sighting in a firearm is an important test of the ability of the firearm user to hit anticipated targets with available ammunition. Pictures or silhouettes of intended targets are less suitable for sighting in than high contrast shapes compatible with the type of sights on the firearm. Contrasting circles are commonly used as sighting in ...

  3. Chester F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area - Wikipedia

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    A shooting range for sighting-in rifles is available. Fishing includes opportunities for bluegill, sunfish, carp, bass, and channel catfish in Phelps Pond; the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford contains smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, rock bass, sunfish, carp, channel catfish, and suckers.

  4. 68-pounder gun - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] It was cast by the Low Moor Iron Works in Bradford in 1847 and entered service soon after. [4] Like numerous cannon before it , it was a cast iron smoothbore loaded from the muzzle . [ 6 ] The cannon was relatively cheap to produce – the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom estimated that each cannon cost ...

  5. Low Moor Ironworks - Wikipedia

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    The Low Moor company bought the Bierley Ironworks in 1854. [34] By 1855 Low Moor was producing 21,840 tons of iron per year, and was the largest ironworks in Yorkshire. The foundries at Low Moor produced quantities of guns, shells and shot for troops fighting in the Crimean War (1853–56) and the Indian Mutiny (1857–58). [35]

  6. It turns out Punxsutawney Phil is wrong more often than not - AOL

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    Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new list casts doubt on his accuracy.Phil did so poorly that even nonliving critters outshine ...

  7. Low Moor Explosion - Wikipedia

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    The Low Moor Explosion was a fire and a series of explosions at a munitions factory in Low Moor, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire in August 1916. The factory was manufacturing picric acid to be used as an explosive for the First World War effort and was well alight when the Bradford Fire Brigade arrived.

  8. Rifleman's rule - Wikipedia

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    This means that the rifle sight setting for any range from 0 to 500 meters is available. The sight adjustment procedure can be followed step-by-step. 1. Determine the slant range to the target. Assume that a range finder is available that determines that the target is exactly 300 meters distance. 2. Determine the elevation angle of the target.

  9. Low Moor - Wikipedia

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    Low Moor may refer to: Low Moor, Bradford, England Low Moor railway station; Low Moor Ironworks; Low Moor Explosion; Low Moor F.C., football club from Clitheroe, England;