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  2. Longest recorded sniper kills - Wikipedia

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    Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967. [ citation needed ] Snipers have had a substantial history following the development of long distance weaponry.

  3. List of prolific inventors - Wikipedia

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    The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.

  4. Rolling block - Wikipedia

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    Rolling-block breech Joseph Rider's 1865 patent drawings. A rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. [1] The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle.

  5. Gaston Glock - Wikipedia

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    Gaston Glock (German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk]; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman.He founded the company Glock.When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.

  6. Colt's Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    The Colt–Browning was one of the first gas-operated machine guns, originally invented by John Browning. It became the first automatic machine gun adopted by the United States and saw limited use by the U.S. Marine Corps at the invasion of Guantánamo Bay and by the 1st Volunteer Infantry in the Santiago campaign during the Spanish–American ...

  7. Monopoly (game) - Wikipedia

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    U.S. patent number US 2026082 A was issued to Charles ... 32 houses and 12 hotels made of wood or ... Hasbro states that the longest game of Monopoly ever played ...

  8. John Browning - Wikipedia

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    He invented, or made significant improvements to, single-shot, lever-action, and pump-action rifles and shotguns. He developed the first reliable and compact autoloading pistols by inventing the telescoping bolt , then integrating the bolt and barrel shroud into what is known as the pistol slide .

  9. Colt Paterson - Wikipedia

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    The revolutionary design inspired the popular phrase of the time, "God created men, Col. Colt made them equal". [1] Initially this 5 shot revolver was produced in .28 caliber, with a .36 caliber model following a year later. As originally designed and produced, no loading lever was included with the revolver; a user had to partially disassemble ...