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  2. USCGC Point Banks - Wikipedia

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    The screws were designed for ease of replacement and could be changed without removing the cutter from the water. A clutch-in idle speed of 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) helped to conserve fuel on lengthy patrols and an 18-knot (33 km/h; 21 mph) maximum speed could get the cutter on scene quickly. [ 8 ]

  3. Glass cutter - Wikipedia

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    A glass cutter may use a diamond to create the split, but more commonly a small cutting wheel made of hardened steel or tungsten carbide 4–6 mm in diameter with a V-shaped profile called a "hone angle" is used. The greater the hone angle of the wheel, the sharper the angle of the V and the thicker the piece of glass it is designed to cut.

  4. Pistol grip - Wikipedia

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    Straight or English stock (non-pistol grip) on a Soviet M38 Mosin–Nagant carbine. On a firearm or other tools, a pistol grip is a distinctly protruded handle underneath the main mechanism, to be held by the user's hand at a more vertical (and thus more ergonomic) angle, similar to how one would hold a conventional pistol. [1]

  5. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Pistol: A type of firearm that can be held and fired with one hand. The word pistol is usually used to refer specifically to a semi-automatic pistol. Pistol grip on a SIG SG 550. Pistol grip: A feature on some firearms that gives the user a slightly curved area to grip, just rear of the trigger.

  6. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    A homemade pistol, confiscated by the Swedish Police. Given to the Museum of Vänersborg in 1985. Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns, or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing ...

  7. Could Retirees See Social Security Benefits Cut Under Trump?

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    Social Security is the U.S. government's biggest program; as of June 30, 2024, about 67.9 million people, or one in five Americans, collected Social Security benefits. This year, we're seeing a...

  8. 10 Extra-Easy Dinner Recipes To Turn To Post-Holiday

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    These 10 dishes for after Thanksgiving may look and taste like you spent a whole evening toiling over the stove, but are actually quick and easy.

  9. 19th century glass categories in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cut glass has been decorated by cutting groves or depressions in its surface. [46] The process involves making the cut, smoothing, and then polishing. The work was done by a glass cutter holding the glass against a wheel on a lathe. [47] The Romans are known to have cut glass, and glass cutting was rediscovered by Germans in the 17th Century.