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  2. Ruger Vaquero - Wikipedia

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    The Ruger Vaquero is a six-shot single-action revolver manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. based on the New Model Ruger Blackhawk frame and was introduced in 1993. It comes in blued steel, case colored, and a gloss stainless finish (the latter gloss stainless finish is intended to resemble closely a 19th-century nickel-plated finish), all of which are available with wood, hard rubber, simulated ...

  3. Smith & Wesson Model 22 - Wikipedia

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    A certain number of Model 22s were made with a case-hardened (case color) finish by Turnbull Restorations. These came in both 4" and (limited) 5½" Barrel lengths. The finish done by Turnbull is a true case-hardened finish and not the chemical wash finish found on firearms by other manufacturers. [1]

  4. MAB Model D pistol - Wikipedia

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    Type: Semi-automatic pistol: Place of origin: France: Service history; Used by: France Nazi Germany Viet Cong Turkey: Wars: World War II French Indochina war Algerian War of Independence

  5. GAF Nomad - Wikipedia

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    The GAF Nomad is a utility aircraft produced by the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) of Australia in Melbourne. The twin- turboprop , high-wing aircraft has a retractable gear and came in two variants: the initial N22 , followed by the stretched N24 .

  6. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The head of a brass case can be work-hardened to withstand the high pressures, and allow for manipulation via extraction and ejection without rupturing. The neck and body portion of a brass case is easily annealed to make the case ductile enough to allow reshaping so that it can be handloaded many times, and fire forming can help accurize the ...

  7. 7-inch/44-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    7-inch guns were emplaced during World War II at numerous locations, operated by the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. This list is not exhaustive. They were grouped into two-gun batteries unless otherwise noted. [9] Two guns at Battery Zeilin, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, CA; Four guns in the Harbor Battery, Sand Island in Honolulu ...

  8. Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company - Wikipedia

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    The company produced a range of light artillery, machine guns and ammunition. [3]It was the subject of one of history's most famous court cases in 1894, Nordenfelt v Maxim, Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co, in which Nordenfelt successfully claimed that the takeover condition preventing him from competing with Maxim for 25 years "in any way" was an unreasonable restraint of trade, but failed ...

  9. Telescoped ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Telescoped ammunition for the 40 mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS) by CTA International (right) 4.73×33mm telescoped and caseless ammunition for the Heckler & Koch G11, with .223 Remington cased ammunition for comparison