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  2. High school gun clubs and teams in the United States

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    Club members were given their rifles and ammunition by the federal government. Students regularly competed in citywide shooting contests for university scholarships. In 2008, the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League was formed out of an after-school mentorship program run by Jim Sable, [ 4 ] a retired advertising executive and avid ...

  3. .577 Nitro Express - Wikipedia

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    The .577 Nitro Express is a large-bore centerfire rifle cartridge designed for the purpose of hunting large game such as elephant. This cartridge is used almost exclusively in single-shot and double express rifles for hunting in the Tropics or hot climates in general and is a cartridge associated with the golden age of African safaris and Indian shikars.

  4. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    A 7.62×51mm NATO crimped blank cartridge. The appearance of a blank cartridge can give a false sense of safety. Although blank cartridges do not contain a bullet, precautions are still required because fatalities and severe injuries have resulted on occasions when blank cartridges have been fired at very close ranges.

  5. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A cartridge, [1] [2] also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of ...

  6. Dragon's breath (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    The sale of Dragon's breath rounds is illegal in several US states (Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, and New York) and shipping may be restricted in other locations and cities due to their inherent fire hazard. [5]

  7. 20 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    20 mm caliber is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition. The dividing line between smaller-caliber weapons, commonly called "guns", from larger-caliber "cannons" (e.g. machine gun vs. autocannon), is conventionally taken to be the 20 mm round, the smallest caliber of autocannon.

  8. 37 mm flare - Wikipedia

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    37 mm flare or "1.5 inch" caliber is the specification for a common launching system for non-lethal and less-lethal ammunition. Such launchers are also often known as "gas guns" due to their original use by police for launching tear gas projectiles.

  9. NRA Precision Pistol - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the match format, the competitor may be required to shoot as many as 90 rounds using as many as three different handguns. Each shot scores a maximum of 10 points. Hence, a one-gun competition is often referred to as a "900" whereas a three-gun competition is a "2700".