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2. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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   21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

3. History of crossbows - Wikipedia

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   Crossbows today are mostly used for target shooting in modern archery. In some countries they are still used for hunting, such as in most of the United States, parts of Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. Crossbows with special projectiles are used in whale research to take blubber biopsy samples without harming the whales or other marine big ...

4. National Small-bore Rifle Association - Wikipedia

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   The National Small-bore Rifle Association (NSRA) is the national governing body for all small-bore rifle and pistol target shooting in the United Kingdom, including airgun and match crossbow shooting. The NSRA is based at the Lord Roberts Centre, within the grounds of the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey. National postal ...

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6. Lawsuit: Insufficient prototype testing could put Titanic sub ...

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   Further, the craft was designed to reach depths of 4,000 meters (13,123 feet), where the Titanic rested. But, according to Lochridge, the passenger viewport was only certified for depths of up to ...

7. Laws on crossbows - Wikipedia

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   The crossbow often has a complicated legal status due to its potential use for lethal purposes, and its similarities with both firearms and other archery weapons. The crossbow is, for legal purposes, often categorized as a firearm by various legal jurisdictions (even though it is not considered as a firearm from a technical perspective), despite the fact that no combustion is required to ...

8. List of shooting sports organizations - Wikipedia

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   International Crossbow Shooting Union (ICU), [9] German: Internationale Armbrustschützen Union (IAU) International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) [10] International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF) International Hunting Rifle Shooting Association (IHRSA) [11] International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) [12]

9. GOP candidates skip Iowa’s only minority-focused forum - AOL

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   Nearly every Republican presidential candidate has rejected an offer to participate in what the organizer describes as the nation’s oldest minority-focused presidential forum, despite GOP ...