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  2. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    That eliminates the need to pull the trigger or to control the fall of the hammer; however, since all mechanisms can fail, it is still necessary to keep the muzzle of the gun pointed in a safe direction while decocking. A decock/safety is a combination manual safety switch and decocking lever. Two popular variants exist.

  3. Gun and personal safes got recalled. One of the problems let ...

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    The 120,000 recalled safes use biometric locks. Sold by: Amazon.com. What you should do: Take out the batteries and use just the key when storing your gun.Go to the BBRKIN website for instructions ...

  4. Fishtailing - Wikipedia

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    During fishtailing, [2] the rear end of the car skids to one side, which must be offset by the driver counter-steering, which is turning the front wheels in the same direction as the skid, (e.g. left if the rear swings left) [1] and reducing engine power. Over-correction will result in a skid in the opposite direction; hence the name.

  5. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    A hang fire (also delayed discharge) is an unexpected delay between the triggering of a firearm and the ignition of the propellant.Whenever a firearm fails to fire, but has not clearly malfunctioned, a hang fire should be suspected.

  6. Chubb detector lock - Wikipedia

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    A Chubb detector lock is a lever tumbler lock with an integral security feature, a re-locking device, which frustrates unauthorised access attempts and indicates to the lock's owner that it has been interfered with. When someone tries to pick the lock or to open it using the wrong key, the lock is designed to jam in a locked state until ...

  7. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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    A yellow flag demonstrates the rifle's bolt is open and the breech is clear. Firearm handling safety poster. Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, airguns and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness or death.

  8. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

  9. Rotary combination lock - Wikipedia

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    Many combination locks have three wheels, but the lock may be equipped with additional wheels, each with a drive pin and fly, in a similar manner. The number of wheels in the mechanism determines the number of specific dial positions that must be entered to open the lock, so a three-sequence combination is required for a three-wheel lock.