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  2. Cocking handle - Wikipedia

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    Charging handle being pulled on an M2 machine gun. The cocking handle, also known as charging handle or bolt handle, is a device on a firearm which, when manipulated, results in the bolt being pulled to the rear, putting the hammer/striker into a spring-loaded ("cocked") "ready and set" position, allowing the operator to open the breech and eject any spent/unwanted cartridge/shell from the ...

  3. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In bolt-action firearms, the opening and closing of the breech is operated by direct manual manipulation of the bolt via a protruding bolt handle. Most bolt-actions utilize a rotating bolt ("turn-pull") design, where the bolt handle must be rotated upwards for unlocking before the bolt can be pulled back to opening the breech and eject any ...

  4. KRISS Vector - Wikipedia

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    The Vector's safety is ambidextrous (as well as the fire mode selector on the auto trigger pack) while the ejection port, charging handle, bolt release catch and magazine release are not, and are only available in a right-handed configuration. Calibers such as .22 LR, .40 S&W and 9×19mm Parabellum were mentioned when the gun was first released ...

  5. Daewoo Precision Industries USAS-12 - Wikipedia

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    It has an effective range of 40 m. In the early 1990s, a new CQ model of the USAS-12 was created. It looks similar to the original model, but unlike the original, it lacks the front sight and has a re-modeled carry handle. The bolt locks on 1 cylindrical locking piece that moves up into round hole in barrel extension.

  6. Extractor (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    This situation is encountered on some single-shot rifles, single-shot pistols (such as the break-action Thompson/Center Contender), and on some break-action single- and double-barrel shotguns. In bolt-action, lever-action, pump-action, semi-automatic, and fully automatic firearms, the extractor typically works in conjunction with a separate ...

  7. CEO turnover reaches record levels in 2024 as 'increasing ...

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    The massive stock market gains of the past two years — the S&P gained roughly 20% in 2023 and is set to gain more than that by the end of 2024 — also pose challenges to US companies. Benchmark ...

  8. Whoopi Goldberg admits she'd leave “The View” if she had more ...

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    Whoopi Goldberg admits she'd leave “The View” if she had more money, says she's having 'a hard time' like many Americans

  9. The Cowboys, claiming to be 'all in' prior to Dak Prescott's ...

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    Sure, maybe with the right opportunity and coaching, Lance, 24, could leverage his estimable tools into a prominent place in the league. Yet he hasn’t even unseated Rush for the QB2 role.