All rifle dies are made of steel. This means that to resize the brass, case lube is required. Case lube will prevent the case from becoming stuck in the die. Sizing dies come in two main styles: full-length and neck. Both styles of dies will remove the spent primer from the case, ...
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Clients are understandably cautious about building implosion, and they tend to hire a demolition company based on the jobs it has pulled off in the past. For this reason, Blanchard says, it's very difficult for a young demolition firm to land major implosion jobs. Almost all major building i...
In one conventional gun-mounted launcher design, grenades are propelled by the gas pressure generated by firing a blank cartridge. Some launcher grenades have their own built-in primer and propellant. Afghan fighters and many other forces around the world use rocket-propelled grenade launchers, ...
Finders are devices used to help aim the telescope at its target, similar to the sights on a rifle. Finders can come in three basic types: peep sights - notches or circles that allow you to line up the target reflex sights - a mirror box that shows the sky and illuminates the target ...
Muzzle-loading rifles were the most common rifle used by soldiers throughout the Civil War. The most common was the Springfield and the Enfield Rifle. The basic steps to load the rifle are the same. They shot a bullet, known as a minie ball and proved very effective through the Civil War...
IT’S NOT OFTENthatan army training film gets a nod from the Oscars. But that’s just what happened in 1944 when a War Department short entitledBaptism of Firewas nominated for Best Documentary at the16thAcademy Awards. The 36-minute docudrama tells the story of a f...
The problem with making blanks for revolvers is if they are not strong enough the gun will jam. The primer backs out and doesn’t seat back into the case which will stop the cylinder from turning. The only way to overcome, that is to make the blank ammo stronger....
There is another type of clip called the en bloc that was used by Mannlicher in 1885 and more famously by the U.S. M1 Garand. In this type of clip, the cartridges and the clip are inserted together into the internal magazine of a rifle. When the last cartridge is fired, the clip is...
Sources: I took my rifle velocities fromRifle Ballistics Summaryby Chuck Hawks. Some bullets go faster, some slower, but Chuck's table gives a good indication of average speeds. Bullets and their cartridges are a bit of a riddle. They have to be tough to withstand the initial explosion insi...