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  2. MTD Holdings - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, MTD began building lawn equipment under the fmc brand for sale in Europe. In 2007, MTD began building the low-end lawn and garden tractors for its otherwise competitor, Toro. In 2008, MTD began having a third-party company (located in China) manufacture a new line of engines for the Craftsman 2008 line of snowthrowers.

  3. Midwest Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    S. S. “Stu” Battles was chief engineer of Ingersoll Steel Company in Chicago. He and Clarence Bullock, a salesman who called on Ingersoll, formed Midwest Enameling & Stamping Company to manufacture refrigerators. In 1934, they purchased an empty plant in Morrison, IL from Illinois Refrigeration Company, which had built wooden ice boxes. [1]

  4. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The new handguards were also symmetrical, so armories need not separate left- and right-hand spares. The handguard retention ring was tapered to make it easier to install and uninstall the handguards. [196] The new buttstock became ten times stronger than the original due to advances in polymer technology since the early 1960s.

  5. M203 grenade launcher - Wikipedia

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    The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces low.

  6. MidwayUSA - Wikipedia

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    MidwayUSA (formerly Ely Arms, Inc.) was a small start-up gun shop in Columbia, Missouri that opened on June 18, 1977. The business was opened by Larry Potterfield, with his next younger brother Jerry, in a 151 square metres (1,630 sq ft) metal, pole-frame building.

  7. JA Industries - Wikipedia

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    JA Industries was an American firearms manufacturer based in Henderson, Nevada.. The company's origins trace to 1978, with the formation of Jennings Firearms. This company eventually filed bankruptcy and subsequently reorganized as Bryco Arms.

  8. Sandburg Mall - Wikipedia

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    The mall operated as an enclosed shopping center from 1975 to 2018 with main anchor stores and a variety of interior stores. The interior mall was closed September 28, 2018, leaving just three businesses as of 2019—a car repair shop, a building supply outlet store, and a moving van rental operation.

  9. M231 Firing Port Weapon - Wikipedia

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    The M231 Firing Port Weapon (FPW) is an adapted version of the M16 assault rifle for shooting from firing ports on the M2 Bradley.The M16, standard infantry weapon of the time, was too long for use in a "buttoned up" APC, so the FPW was developed to provide a suitable weapon for this role.