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  2. Forward assist - Wikipedia

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    The forward assist is a button found on firearms with non-reciprocating (i.e. not attached to the bolt/bolt carrier) cocking handles, commonly on AR-15 rifle derivatives, such as the M16 rifle, and is usually located on the receiver near the bolt closure. [1]

  3. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2] The city of Carlotta, California was up for auction on eBay in February 2003. [3] In September 2004, the Indiana Firebirds arena football team was auctioned off, first in a regular auction that failed to reach the reserve price, [4] and again as a "Buy it Now" item for ...

  4. Blow forward - Wikipedia

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    Blow forward (left) vs. blowback (right) operation. The Mannlicher M1894 pistol, the first blow-forward firearm.. Blow forward is a firearm action where the propellant gas pressure and the friction of the bullet traveling down the bore drag the whole gun barrel forward to facilitate the opening of the breech. [1]

  5. Forward auction - Wikipedia

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    Forward auction are auctions, ... Here buyers seek to obtain the lowest price for an item they are interested in. The second type is a marketing efficiency auction ...

  6. Bolt (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A turn bolt refers to a firearm component where the whole bolt without using a bolt carrier turns to lock and unlock. This is most commonly found in bolt-action firearms but is also found in some automatic firearms. The most common locking mechanism on rifles is a rotating bolt, which can be classified as a rigid type of bolt lock. Semi-rigid ...

  7. Universal Japanese Motorcycle - Wikipedia

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    There have been several market revivals led by increased demand for simplified standard general purpose, [18] or naked [19] bikes and has led Japanese manufacturers to introduce modern interpretations of the UJM; first in the early 1990s with the Honda CB750 RC42 and CB1000, Suzuki GS1100G and VX800, the Kawasaki Zephyr Series, and Yamaha ...

  8. Yamaha XG - Wikipedia

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    Yamaha YMF744B-V XG chip Yamaha DB50XG daughterboard Yamaha DB51XG daughterboard Yamaha SW60XG ISA card A PCI sound card with Yamaha XG YMF724E-V chipset. Yamaha XG (Extended General MIDI) is an extension to the General MIDI standard, created by Yamaha. It is similar in purpose to the Roland GS standard.

  9. Feed forward (control) - Wikipedia

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    A control system which has only feed-forward behavior responds to its control signal in a pre-defined way without responding to the way the system reacts; it is in contrast with a system that also has feedback, which adjusts the input to take account of how it affects the system, and how the system itself may vary unpredictably.