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  2. Full metal jacket (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or, less commonly, a steel alloy. A bullet jacket usually allows higher muzzle velocities than bare lead without depositing significant amounts of metal in ...

  3. Soft-point bullet - Wikipedia

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    Right: Jacketed hollow point (JHP). JSP is a semi-jacketed round as the jacket does not extend to the tip. The notches on the tip of the JHP assist in the expansion of the bullet on impact with soft tissue. Jacketed flat point (JFP) may describe either soft-point or full metal jacket bullets with a flat, rather than a rounded front.

  4. Total metal jacket - Wikipedia

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    Total metal jacket (TMJ or full metal case) bullets [1] are made by electroplating a thin jacket of ductile metal (usually copper) over a core of different metal requiring protection from abrasion or corrosion. [2] Similar full metal jacket bullets mechanically swage a thin sheet of metal over the core. The swaging process leaves an opening ...

  5. FMJ - Wikipedia

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    Full metal jacket bullet, a bullet consisting of a soft core encased in a shell of harder metal; Full Metal Jacket, a 1987 war film produced, directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick; Full Metal Jousting, an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel; Funhit Mein Jaari, a Hindi-language television comedy series

  6. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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    The quilting can either outline the patchwork motifs, or be a completely independent design, for when quilting, the design may not necessarily follow the patchwork design, and the design of the quilting may play off the patchwork design. Outline quilting is when the pieces of the pattern are outlined by the quilting stitches. [1]

  7. Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel - Wikipedia

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    Georgia Bonesteel is a quilting judge, author and host of the show. She has been the president of the International Quilt Association, which is involved in the history and art of quilting worldwide. [6] Bonesteel is credited with having invented lap quilting while teaching a class at Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina. [2]

  8. 5.56×45mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    The SS109 used a 62 gr full metal jacket bullet with a seven grain mild steel tip to move the center of gravity rearward, increasing flight stability and thereby the chances of striking the target tip-first at longer ranges, in part to meet a requirement that the bullet be able to penetrate through one side of a WWII U.S. M1 helmet at 500 yd ...

  9. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    Machine quilting needles are very sharp in order to readily pierce layers of quilt and properly sew together the quilt top, batting and backing. Hand quilting needles are traditionally called betweens and are generally smaller and stronger than normal sewing needles. They have a very small eye which prevents any extra bump at the head of the ...