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  2. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...

  3. Flak-Bait - Wikipedia

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    Martin B-26B 'Flak-Bait' fuselage at NASM (NASM2014-02561) A closeup photo from May 19, 2021 When the National Air and Space Museum opened in Washington, D.C., in 1976, the nose section of Flak-Bait was placed on display there, with the remainder of the aircraft in storage at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland.

  4. Crosman - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin Air Rifle Company was formed in 1902 when Walter R. Benjamin purchased the patent rights from the defunct St. Louis Air Rifle Company. Production from 1902 to 1904 and from 1906 to 1986 was in St. Louis. In 1977, the Benjamin Air Rifle Company purchased Sheridan Products in Racine, Wisconsin. Benjamin and Sheridan were acquired by ...

  5. Sterling HR-81 - Wikipedia

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    In 1988 the rights to the designs were purchased by Benjamin-Sheridan [3] and the HR-81 and HR-83 then enjoyed limited production in the USA. [4] The American model differed from the UK model in that the rearsight, which was moved rearwards to become a removable part, was mounted on the scope rail, and the stock had a noticeably different shape.

  6. Receiver (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...

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    Nicotine Replacement Therapy. Among your NRT options are nicotine pouches and patches. Pouches directly supply low doses of nicotine through oral absorption. You simply place one between your gum ...

  8. Jamie Foxx's new standup special brings laughs and ... - AOL

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    While Foxx's hospitalization was initially shrouded in mystery, the comedian revealed in the special that he had been in a stroke-induced coma. "I lost everything, but the only thing I could hold ...

  9. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The shooter placed a percussion cap (now made of three parts of potassium chlorate, two of fulminate of mercury and powdered glass) on the nipple. The detonating cap thus invented and adopted brought about the invention of the modern cartridge case, and rendered possible the general adoption of the breech-loading principle for all varieties of ...