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- 1866 — Timothy O'Hea puts out a fire on a Grand Trunk train at Danville, Quebec, Canada, loaded with 95 barrels of gunpowder. He saves passengers and troops and receives first and only Victoria Cross awarded for valor inside Canada.
- 1903 — The US military officially adopts the M1903 Springfield as its standard service rifle. It would not be replaced until 1936, by the faster-firing, semi-automatic M1 Garand.
- 1918 — Canadian air ace Billy Bishop shoots down five German planes in his last dogfight, bringing his total enemy kills to 72.
- 2000 — The Violence Policy Center made headlines when it issued a press release stating that its website was the victim of a hacking attack that wiped out their data.
- 2006 — Bill C-21, an early attempt by the Conservative Party of Canada to put the Canadian gun registry out of everyone else's misery, received first reading in the House of Commons.
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He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
- Luke 22:36
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2005: Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, receives instruction on the F88 Austeyr Individual Weapon from an Australian Solider from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Shoalwater Bay, Australia.
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- The 300 Winchester Magnum cartridge was introduced in 1963. With a 150gr bullet, the velocity is 3290 fps and when zeroed at 250 yards shows a 0 - 300 yard rise-to-drop of 2.9" to -3.5"
- Tikka (and Sako) are now owned by Beretta.
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 Matchlock musket balls from the collection of Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Musket balls were of a diameter considerably larger than today's modern rifles - the Brown Bess fielded a caliber of more than .75", and hence the ball could cause large wounds. The smooth bore muskets of the Brown Bess period had considerable hitting power and were able to penetrate the armour of the day, but had very limited accuracy due to the lack of rifling in the barrel. In practice muskets were fired at close range in volley fire, and rarely beyond the 50-yard range. The rifled muskets of the American Civil War were much more accurate, making combat ranges of 300 yards - or even more - practical. The term 'ball' lingered on in that conflict as applied to the standard ammunition used by both sides - the Minié ball, for one example. However the Minie ball was not a ball at all, but a conical lead bullet designed to be fired down a rifled barrel. With the invention of the Minie ball and the development of the bullet cartridge or round, the musket ball became obsolete after the middle of the nineteenth century due to its inaccuracy.
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