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A Minnesota man was fined $2,583 and sentenced to three years' probation [21] on charges of detonating an explosive device and unlawful possession of components for explosives after he detonated 100 lb (45 kg) of Tannerite inside the bed of a dump truck by shooting it with a rifle chambered in .50 BMG from 300 yards (270 m) away on January 14 ...
American firearms manufacturer J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company introduced the .22 Long Rifle cartridge in 1887. [12] It combined the casing of the .22 Long with the 40-grain (2.6 g) bullet of the .22 Extra Long , giving it a longer overall length, a higher muzzle velocity, and superior performance as a hunting and target round, rendering the .22 ...
Military rifle propellant was manufactured in batches in a procedure taking about two weeks [7] from treating cotton linters with nitric acid, through curing the extruded grains to evaporate excess ether and alcohol, and finally coating the dried grains with DNT and graphite. Each batch had somewhat different reaction rates, so testing was ...
Which is to say: The songs in “Wicked” are so good — some of the best that musical theater has ever produced, to my mind — that there’s a benefit in enjoying a setting that allows you to ...
Where RS (Rifle/Shotgun) is equivalent to FFg black powder and P (Pistol) is equivalent to FFFg black powder on the Fg (coarsest) to FFFFg (finest) granularity scale. While Pyrodex offers improved safety and increased efficiency (in terms of shots per pound of powder) over black powder, the level of fouling is similar to black powder as Pyrodex ...
The “Wicked” frenzy shows no signs of letting up. At the Hollywood Pantages last Thursday, where the musical returned for its sixth run in L.A., there was a good deal of cosplaying among ...
Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, left) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) are school rivals who become best friends in the musical "Wicked," a prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" based on the Broadway show.
John Olin, the son of founder Franklin W. Olin, improved shotgun cartridge designs in the 1920s by using harder shot and progressive burning powder. [9] Western produced 3 billion rounds of ammunition in World War II, and the Winchester subsidiary developed the U.S. M1 carbine and produced the carbine and the M1 rifle during the war.