Caseless ammo could cut 25 lbs. from gear - Marine Corps Times

Caseless ammo could cut 25 lbs. from gear
Marine Corps Times
Caseless ammunition, which is free of the heavy brass casings found on traditional cartridges, will allow Marines to carry more rounds or simply shed weight — up to 25 pounds for the typical M249 Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, said George Solhan, ...

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Police find gun hidden in dog kennel in Sheffield garden - The Star


The Star
Police find gun hidden in dog kennel in Sheffield garden
The Star
Det Insp Graham Bulmer, who led the investigation, said: “When the firearm was found there was a cartridge in it ready to go. “There were another 23 cartridges with it and evidence that one of them had been fired. “There was also a live .44 round for a ...

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Gun Review: Charter Arms Pitbull - Human Events

Gun Review: Charter Arms Pitbull
Human Events
by Richard L. Johnson The Charter Arms Pitbull is a bit of a revolver oddity. It was designed specifically for rimless cartridges normally found in semi-automatic pistols. Most revolvers are designed for rimmed cartridges that allow the rounds to ...

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Shot fired from gun taken to Modbury High School - Adelaide Now

Shot fired from gun taken to Modbury High School
Adelaide Now
THE Year 8 student who allegedly took a revolver to school has been banned for 10 weeks, amid revelations a shot was fired from the gun. Witnesses handed a spent cartridge to police yesterday, which they say was discharged in the school grounds on ...

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Ted's Own Words On “The Alaska Incident” - Handguns


Handguns
Ted's Own Words On “The Alaska Incident”
Handguns
I love music, guitars, and firearms, especially the 10mm automatic – Ted's all-time favorite pistol cartridge. I caught up with Ted at his Mescalero, New Mexico concert the other night and had the chance to discuss with him a few of the recent issues ...

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Forensic electrochemistry to detect firearms use - Chemistry World


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Forensic electrochemistry to detect firearms use
Chemistry World
Gunshot residue consists of a large mix of compounds including both inorganic metals from the cartridge, bullet and the gun, and more complex organic compounds from the primer and gunpowder. However, although gunshot residue contains this mix ...

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A cowboy-action western shoot - Daily Freeman Journal

A cowboy-action western shoot
Daily Freeman Journal
They'll be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Izaak Walton League, along with 1555 years of the first self-contained cartridge., the .22. Cowboy period (1880s) attire is encouraged by ain't required, 'ceptin the hat fer shootin' and the spectators ...

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Gloucester 'Gramp' jailed for stashing sawn-off shotgun - This is Gloucestershire

Gloucester 'Gramp' jailed for stashing sawn-off shotgun
This is Gloucestershire
Mrs Hennessy said when police raided Daniel Welsh's home they found three firearms, two of which were legal. The third was the gas cartridge revolver. He described all three weapons as starter pistols. Mr Holmes told the court Daniel Welsh had trained ...

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Three members of 'Sanghera crime group' convicted of firearms offences - The Province

Three members of 'Sanghera crime group' convicted of firearms offences
The Province
All three firearms had a cartridge in the firing chamber and additional cartridges in the magazine. In the public gallery Thursday was Boby Sanghera's father, Udham Sanghera. In April 2011, the elder Sanghera and his alleged lieutenant, Gordon Taylor ...

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Gun & Sport Show Hits Mark with Collectors & Enthusiasts - 1011now

Gun & Sport Show Hits Mark with Collectors & Enthusiasts
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Muzzle loading is shooting with a rifle or a pistol, but instead of putting in cartridges, you're putting the powder in, and then the ball, and so you're muzzle-loading the gun, and then you shoot with the black powder one ball at a time," said ...

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