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  2. Tannerite - Wikipedia

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    The fuel/catalyst mixture is 90% 600-mesh dark flake aluminium powder, combined with the catalyst that is a mixture of 5% 325-mesh titanium sponge and 5% 200-mesh zirconium hydride [1] (with another patent document [10] listing 5% zirconium hydroxide). The oxidizer is a mixture of 85% 200-mesh ammonium nitrate and 15% ammonium perchlorate. [1]

  3. Dry fire - Wikipedia

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    Dry firing firearms is the practice of discharging (or simulating the discharge of) a firearm without any live ammunition, or practicing with an inert laser/infrared training platform such as an iMarksman or SIRT (Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger) training pistol, and may also include the use of a target/feedback system, such as the iDryfire or LASR software.

  4. GIAT M811 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 811 can fire all NATO standard 25×137 ammunition. Current ammunition available from Nexter Munitions include the following; High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEI-T), Target Practice (TP), Target Practice Tracer (TP-T), Armour-Piercing Discarding-Sabot Tracer (APDS-T) and Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding-Sabot Tracer (APFSDS-T).

  5. Target practice - Wikipedia

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    A soldier fires his weapon on a firing range during target practice Archery target practice in US Army. Target practice is a key part of both military training and shooting sports. It involves exercises where people shoot weapons at specific targets. The main goal is to improve the shooter's accuracy and skill with firearms. Through repeated ...

  6. XM274 - Wikipedia

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    XM885 [5] APFSDS-T - there are 2 known variants, both of which had depleted uranium penetrators. [6] Delta-3, which used a 2.27kg penetrator with equivalent performance to 105mm M774 [citation needed]. Delta-6, which has a unknown penetrator mass with 430mm of penetration into a 450mm steel target. [7] XM886 [5] Target Practice TPFSDS-T

  7. Bowling pin shooting - Wikipedia

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    Target practice on bowling pins. Bowling pin shooting is a shooting sport (primarily for handguns) in which the competitors race against one another to knock standard bowling pins from a table in the shortest elapsed time. Pin shooting is often described as one of the most enjoyable shooting games and one of the easiest means of introducing a ...

  8. Frangible bullet - Wikipedia

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    The United States used frangible lead/Bakelite M22 bullets in aircraft .30 caliber machine guns for target practice at armored RP-63 manned target aircraft. [11] The lower density M22 bullets were of the same shape as conventional M2 bullets for reliable function through self-loading machine guns, but weighed only 110 grains (7.1 g) in ...

  9. Wax bullet - Wikipedia

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    Rubber or plastic bullets designed for short range target shooting with primed cases can also be purchased; these are generally reusable if a proper bullet trap is used, but are prone to ricochet. With wax bullets, a simple sheet of plywood is sufficient to stop the bullet—upon impact the wax deforms and sticks to the wood, where it can later ...