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A light primer strike will result in a dead trigger and the gun will not cycle. This malfunction is not to be mistaken with a squib load which the gunpowder is ignited and the bullet fires, but is trapped in the barrel of a gun. A light primer strike will not have expanding gases as a squib load would produce as sign that there is one.
Another theory is that the corn refers to the practice in the very early days of baseball of calling the outfield the "corn field", especially in early amateur baseball where the outfield may have been a farm field. Frequently used by Red Barber, a variation, 'A #8 CAN OF GOLDEN BANTAM' was favored by Bob Prince, Pittsburgh Pirates' announcer.
Pitchers may unfairly improve their grip on the baseball. Applying a sticky substance such as pine tar to their pitching hand can greatly improve the spin rate of a thrown baseball, which results in more movement on pitches. [9] While the use of such "foreign substances" is a violation of MLB rules, historically it was rarely enforced. [10]
The problem: Oakland has too many guns! The solution: Offer $250 for every gun turned in to the police, no questions asked. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions.
A field-invading baseball fan did a back flip at a Cincinnati Reds game on Tuesday night before he was brought down by stun gun-wielding police, authorities said.. The unauthorized fan in an old ...
On Feb. 15, a loaded gun was allegedly found in a student's pocket as he slept in his car in the parking lot at Douglas Byrd High School. Public safety reporter Joseph Pierre can be reached at ...
Some military firearms are designed to fire from an open bolt condition to avoid the unintended discharge of a chambered cartridge cooking off in a gun barrel heated by firing previous cartridges. Activating the trigger of such firearms releases the spring-loaded bolt to move forward stripping a cartridge from the magazine into the chamber.
Members of a family in Georgia who own multiple paving companies across the Peach State are accused of launching a “Sopranos-like” attack with a gun and baseball bats on workers of a rival ...