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2. Primer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   Primer-actuated cartridges/piston primer cartridges use a primer in the form of a blank to contain the propellant within the cartridge, or as a piston to unlock the bolt and cycle the weapon's operation. Examples are the 9×51mm SMAW, MBA Javette and the M48A2.

3. Firing pin - Wikipedia

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   The typical firing pin is a thin, simple rod with a hardened, rounded tip that strikes and crushes the primer. The rounded end ensures the primer is indented rather than pierced (to contain propellant gasses). It sits within a hole through the breechblock and is struck by the hammer when the trigger is "pulled". A light firing-pin spring is ...

4. Percussion cap - Wikipedia

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   Percussion caps have been manufactured in various sizes to fit snugly over different sized nipples. Nipples for 4.5mm and 6mm percussion caps. The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition. [1]

5. Blowback (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   In firearms, a blowback system is generally defined as an operating system in which energy to operate the firearm's various mechanisms, and automate the loading of another cartridge, is derived from the inertia of the spent cartridge case being pushed out the rear of the chamber by rapidly expanding gases produced by a burning propellant, typically gunpowder. [3]

6. White House approves student debt cancellation for thousands ...

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   One month before President Biden leaves the White House, the Biden administration announced it has forgiven student loan debt for 54,900 public service workers.

7. Is It Safe to Use Expired Vitamins? The Truth About Vitamin ...

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   When you buy a bottle of vitamins from a nutrition store, you’ll probably notice a best-by date on the bottom of the jar. But that inscribed number isn’t a hard-and-fast rule—there is some ...

8. Rotary vane pump - Wikipedia

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   An eccentric rotary vane pump Another eccentric rotary-vane pump design. Note that modern pumps have an area contact between rotor and stator (and not a line contact). 1. pump housing 2. rotor 3. vanes 4. spring. A rotary vane pump is a type of positive-displacement pump that consists of vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside a cavity. In ...

9. Man's 'Santa-antics' get him stuck in chimney while running ...

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   A man who was running away from police has been arrested after getting stuck in a chimney while trying to hide from them, authorities said. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Fall River ...