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Aug. 21—Two tour bus drivers were arrested last week after allegedly trying to smuggle 90,000 rounds of rifle ammunition to Mexico at the El Paso border crossing. ... The 92,900 rounds of ammo ...
Mexican bus drivers arrested in huge ammunition seizure at the El Paso border. ... 15 totes contained 59,900 rounds of .223 caliber rifle ammunition for a total of 92,900 rounds of ammo ...
A US Marine practices shotgun door-breaching techniques. A breaching round or slug-shot is a shotgun shell specially made for door breaching.It is typically fired at a range of 6 inches (15 cm) or less, aimed at the hinges or the area between the doorknob and lock and doorjamb, and is designed to destroy the object it hits and then disperse into a relatively harmless powder.
Frangible bullets may be lighter or longer than conventional bullets of the same calibre. The jacketed frangible bullet in the centre is longer than the outer soft-point bullets with traditional lead cores. Each of the three .30 calibre (7.62 mm) bullets weighs 150 grains (9.7 g) but the lower density frangible core requires greater volume.
SS John Burke, a Liberty ship carrying ammunition, was hit by a kamikaze pilot and disintegrated in an enormous explosion on December 28, 1944. USS Serpens, 29 January 1945 explosion of an ammunition ship off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. US Coast Guard-crewed. 254 killed (196 USCG, 57 US Army, and 1 US Public Health Service physician)
During Michael Lee Tomasi’s arrest, agents said they uncovered three firearms, including a Smith & Wesson AR-15-style rifle, and body armor in his residence.
Examples are the Glaser Safety Slug and the breaching round. Frangible bullets will disintegrate upon contact with a surface harder than the bullet itself. Frangible bullets are often used by shooters engaging in close quarter combat training to avoid ricochets; targets are placed on steel backing plates that serve to completely fragment the ...
On March 18, CBP officers found a fentanyl bundle inside the purse of a 32-year-old U.S. woman at the Ysleta border crossing (Zaragoza Bridge) in El Paso's Lower Valley.