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In firearms and artillery, the primer (/ ˈ p r aɪ m ər /) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel the projectiles out of the gun barrel.
Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...
Greenlee is an American industrial and electrical tool company headquartered in Rockford, Illinois.It was founded in 1862 by twin brothers Robert L. and Ralph S. Greenlee to manufacture their invention called a hollow chisel mortiser, consisting of a drill surrounded by four chisel blades used in making mortises (the hole) for mortise and tenon joints, for the furniture industry in Rockford. [1]
Diagram of a Springfield Model 1855 Musket's lock mechanism. The small plate with the eagle on it is the cover for the Maynard tape system. Maynard's new system still required the musket's powder and Minié ball to be loaded conventionally into the barrel, but the tape system meant that the percussion cap no longer needed to be manually loaded onto the percussion lock's nipple.
The company is family-owned. The founder, Leonard Lee, was a recipient of the Order of Canada.He founded the company in 1978, in Ottawa, Ontario.Over the next ten years, the company opened several more stores in Toronto and Vancouver, and started manufacturing its own line of tools (starting with the Veritas Dovetail Marker in 1982).
ARMSCOR USA (1985–2009), A USA (2009-Present), A P, ACP Armscor USA (a division of Rock Island Armory) – Pahrump, Nevada. Headstamp was changed from ARMSCOR USA to A USA in 2009. A P and ACP stands for Armscor Precision, one of their ammo brands. CCI Cascade Cartridges Inc., a division of Omark Industries (1951–present) – Lewiston ...
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Acme Electric Motor, Inc. (commonly referred to as Acme Tools) is a family-owned tool and equipment distributor [1] in the Midwestern United States. Founded in 1948 as Acme Electric Motor, Inc., this company was first rebranded as Tool Crib of the North in 1970, and then as Acme Tools in 2005.