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  2. BB gun - Wikipedia

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    BB pistol with CO 2 cartridges and BBs. A BB gun is a type of air gun designed to shoot metallic spherical projectiles called BBs (not to be confused with similar-looking bearing balls), which are approximately the same size as BB-size lead birdshot used in shotguns (0.180 in or 4.6 mm in diameter).

  3. Daisy Outdoor Products - Wikipedia

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    The Red Ryder BB Gun is a BB gun made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in the spring of 1940 that resembles the Winchester rifle of Western movies. [6] Named for the comic strip cowboy character Red Ryder (created in 1938, and who appeared in numerous films between 1940 and 1950, and on television in 1956), the BB gun is still in ...

  4. Targeteer (pistol) - Wikipedia

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    The Targeteer was the first air pistol that Daisy Outdoor Products created. Fred Lefever first made it in 1937, and he based it on the Colt Woodsman pistol's design. [1] The Targeteer was designed as a low-power BB gun for indoor target shooting. The weapon originally used a smaller-sized BB.

  5. Air gun - Wikipedia

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    Originally called the "round shot", the contemporary name came from the "BB"- size lead birdshot used in shotgun shells, which the first BB gun invented in 1886 was designed to shoot. Steel BBs can be acceptably accurate at short distances when fired from properly designed BB guns with smoothbore barrels. Lead #3 buckshot pellets can be used in ...

  6. Airsoft gun - Wikipedia

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    On August 5, 2014, John Crawford, while handling a BB gun in a Walmart store near Dayton, Ohio, was shot to death by Beavercreek Police. On November 22, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy with an airsoft gun, was shot and killed by police. After a 911 caller reported a juvenile male with a "probably fake" gun on a ...

  7. Point shooting - Wikipedia

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    Side view of handgun point shooting position. Point shooting (also known as target-[1] or threat-focused shooting, [2] intuitive shooting, instinctive shooting, subconscious tactical shooting, or hipfiring) is a practical shooting method where the shooter points a ranged weapon (typically a repeating firearm) at a target without relying on the use of sights to aim.

  8. Pocket pistol - Wikipedia

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    The typical .25 ACP pocket pistol is designed for close-range work and has an effective range of about 7 yards (6.5 m). [26] An example of a Beretta TomCat pocket pistol in a leather holster. Pocket pistols are typically hammerless designs, made with rounded edges and with few controls, to prevent snagging and to make them easier to carry.

  9. Pellet (air gun) - Wikipedia

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    The earliest airgun pellets are actually small round lead shots similar to those used in muskets.First popularized by the Daisy BB Gun in the 1890s, a spring-piston airgun that shot "BB"-size birdshots, the .180-caliber lead shots were later replaced by the lighter .175-caliber steel shots modified from bearing balls, and remained popular as a plinking/pest shooting projectile due to the ...