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The .22 long rifle, also known as the .22 LR or 5.7×15mmR, [4] [5] is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States. It is used in a wide range of firearms including rifles , pistols , revolvers , and submachine guns .
Mauser pistol [22] 1934 Leningrad, Soviet Union: Sergei Kirov: Leonid Nikolayev: Nagant M1895 revolver 1935 Baton Rouge, United States: Senator Huey Long: Carl Weiss: FN Model 1910.32 ACP semi-auto pistol [23] 1938 Poço Redondo, Sergipe, Brazil: Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião" Unknown Bergmann MP-35 submachine gun 1938 Poço Redondo ...
.22 caliber, or 5.6 mm, refers to a common firearms bore diameter of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm) in both rimfire and centerfire cartridges. Cartridges in this caliber include the very widely used .22 Long Rifle and .223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO. .22 inch is also a popular air gun pellet caliber, second only to the ubiquitous .177 caliber.
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. [1] [2] It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, personal, financial, or military motives. [3]
Sharps 4-barrel .22 Rimfire deringer, also called pepperbox. One of the more common deringers found in the Old West were the Sharps deringers. [13] They are four-barrel, single-action pepperboxes with revolving firing pins. They come in .22, .30 and .32 rimfire, and their four barrels slide forward to load and unload. First patented in 1849 ...
[5] [6] These cartridges do not contain any powder, the only propellant substance contained in the cartridge is the percussion cap. [7] In Europe, the .22 BB Cap (introduced in 1845) and the slightly more powerful .22 CB Cap (introduced in 1888) are both called 6mm Flobert and are considered the same cartridge. These cartridges have a ...
Keira Knightley has made it clear that she can do pretty much anything onscreen. Now, the 39-year-old is crushing it in a new Netflix action series where she's pretty much always on the go.
As the story opens, the Jackal plans to continue working as an assassin until he has enough money to retire. The money paid him for assassinating two German engineers, thus delaying the development of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Al Zarifa rocket, had been enough to keep him in luxury for several years, but the offer of US$500,000 (about 5 million in 2024 dollars) from the OAS to kill de Gaulle gives ...