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Stripper clip loading for a 7.92×57mm Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle. A device practically identical to a modern stripper clip was patented by inventor and treasurer of United States Cartridge Company De Witt C. Farrington in 1878, while a rarer type of the clip now known as Swiss-type (after the Schmidt–Rubin) frame charger was patented in 1886 by Louis P. Diss of Remington Arms. [3]
The actual squib used in movies is a flat, disc-shaped explosive about 0.5–2 mm thick and weighing between 2–384 mg, [22] with the most common variants at 0.5 and 1.0 grain (33 to 65 mg) of high explosive. For comparison, a low explosive party popper is approximately 0.25 grains (15 mg), and a small firecracker is about 2.5 grains (150 mg).
An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, [1] to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.
Bullet is a physics engine which simulates collision detection as well as soft and rigid body dynamics. It has been used in video games and for visual effects in movies. Erwin Coumans, its main author, won a Scientific and Technical Academy Award [ 4 ] for his work on Bullet.
The film has a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. [7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [8]
This causes the bullet to increase in diameter, to combat over-penetration and produce a larger wound, thus dealing more damage to a living target. For this reason, they are used for hunting and by police departments, [1] but are generally prohibited for use in war. [2] Two typical designs are the hollow-point bullet and the soft-point bullet.
A lumber edger is a device with saws used to straighten and smooth rough lumber or bowed stock by making a cut along the sides of the boards. The result of this process is dimensional lumber. [1] [2] In a saw mill the edger is next in line from the head saw. The feed and press rollers on the edger are usually powered, passing the lumber through ...
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