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The 99E was the only post-1960 Savage 99 to be sold with the earlier lever safety rather than the later tang safety. Like the 99DE, the 99PE was offered in a 22-inch barrel only and was produced from 1965 to 1970. 99R: "R" presumably means "Receiver", because the 99R was drilled and tapped for a scope from the factory. 99RS: "RS" meaning "Rear ...
The U-2, although slower than the SR-71, cost much less to operate and provided more "on-station" time. As intelligence collection increased throughout the 1980s, 99th U-2 pilots manned detachments at sites around the world. With the SR-71's retirement in 1990, the U-2 assumed responsibility for all of America's manned high-altitude reconnaissance.
Straight-pull rifles differ from conventional bolt action mechanisms in that the manipulation required from the user in order to chamber and extract a cartridge predominantly consists of a linear motion only, as opposed to a traditional turn-bolt action where the user has to manually rotate the bolt for chambering and primary extraction.
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Arguably it is a better overall cartridge for hunting than the more popular .30-30, but in recent years has lost ground to the .257 Roberts and flatter-shooting 6mm cartridges such as the .243 Winchester. [3] Currently, there are very few new firearms being made in .250 Savage.
The ALCO RS-2 is a 1,500–1,600 horsepower (1,100–1,200 kW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) from 1946 to 1950. ALCO introduced the model after World War II as an improvement on the ALCO RS-1. [2] Between 1946 and 1950, 377 examples of the RS-2 were built, primarily for American and Canadian ...
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[2] IRIS-T: Germany/Sweden: Air-to-air missile: RB 98 Missile was developed by Germany in collaboration with multiple NATO countries including Sweden. [3] AIM-120 AMRAAM: United States: Air-to-air missile: RB 99 Official designation is Jaktrobot 99 (lit. Hunting robot 99). [4] Meteor: Europe: Air-to-air missile: RB 101