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Horn wandered and took jobs as a prospector, ranch hand, and rodeo contestant, but he is most notorious for being hired by numerous cattle companies as a cowboy and hired gun to watch over their cattle and kill any suspected rustlers. Horn developed his own means to fight thieves: "I would simply take the calf and such things as that stopped ...
A countersunk ramrod, used in the 19th century for cylindro-conical bullets, as in the Thouvenin stem rifle or the Minié rifle.. A ramrod (or scouring stick) is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloading firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly blackpowder).
A ranch hand is a manual laborer on a ranch, such as a cowboy. Ranch Hand may also refer to: Operation Ranch Hand, a US Air Force operation during the Vietnam war; Ranch Hand Truck Accessories, an American manufacturer of heavy duty truck accessories; Rossi Ranch Hand, a Mare's Leg-style handgun
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The events in ranch rodeos are more similar to the tasks commonly performed on a ranch, and the equipment and tack used are the same as those used during everyday ranch work. [3] Instead of competing as individuals, the contestants in ranch rodeos compete as a team representing the ranch they work for. [ 4 ]
All rifle shooting is done standing, with the firearm unsupported. The exception to this is black-powder rifles; the ranges are the same as large-bore rifles, but only chickens must be shot unsupported; all other targets may be shot from any position, including crossed sticks, a bench may not be used. Pistol shooting, unless in a designated ...
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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 ...