Rifling

‘’Let's go ladies,’’ yells the captain of the landing craft that Logan Thomas was on. It was June 6, 1944 at 6:30. There was a slight matalic smell and was quite cool from the water sprays. Logan was a part of the 2nd battalion. He is just out of high school, Logan was a tall, very muscular boy. He was a part of the football and wrestling team. But, even he felt the fear of landing on Omaha Beach. Logan looks up at his fellow troops and sees many young boys shaking in fear with their M1’s in…

job, to make me a more cultured person. The benefits of college encompass many areas, none of which have to do with making more money. One benefit of attending college is to help you to communicate better. While in prison Malcom X spent two days rifling through the dictionaries pages. Malcom X said, “I’d never realized so many words existed!” He did not know which words he needed to learn, so he just started writing every word in the dictionary, never frittering away his time. He…

sources of conflict. Additionally under Charles II, John Wildman and Henry Bishop took intelligence to another level and began intercepting the general post office mail in two main ways, either by making specific interception or by a more general rifling of the post. This form of intelligence forced conspirators to use alternative and naturally more insecure routes of communication. A person can learn from this is that as intelligence intercepts more and more communication it opens more…

The Civil War was one of the most iconic and deadly wars in American history. With the advancement of technology championed from the Industrial Revolution that improved communications, transport, and the lethality of weapons, war took on a whole new dangerous territory that earned it the title as being the first modern war. It was the turning point between the limited combat strategies of the past and the full mobilization of the future, exercising full frontal strategies that would exacerbate…

"Neighbors is a short story written by Raymond Carver. The short story is in brief about the married couple Bill and Arlene Miller who are left to take care of the Stone's apartment. The plot is chronological and despite a few memories of the characters, the action beings when the stones leave for their trip and ends after the Millers have gone through their apartment. The short story "Neighbors" is about comparison and if you try to fit in another's footsteps it could affect you physically and…

using the first firearms and annihilating all those who stood in their way. Yet the first fire arms were very inaccurate, and as the other armies picked up the idea of guns, the Chinese were forced to impure their guns. Which lead to rifling in the barrels of guns. Rifling is groves in the barrel of a gun that cause the bullet to spin as it moves down the barrel and once it is flying in the air the bullet then become very accurate. Yet if the true potential of black powder had never been…

Fish and Game Give a man something to eat you will feed him for a day give him the opportunity to hunt and fish, you will feed him for a lifetime. Back in the old days when people slept in huts and tee pees hunting was necessary for men to provide food and shelters for their family. There isn’t one part of the animal that went to waist. Bones were used for tools, stomachs were used for pouches, the skin was used to cover the tee pees and obviously the meat was used for food. In the old days…

Due to a recession or competition between weapon manufacturers, the price war will impact the barrel lapping and may leave burrs on the rifling. This is where Fire lapping with abrasive bullets play a great role and may be the best way to remove burrs. Products such as the Wheeler Bore Lapping Kit or Final Finish provides; increase velocity, a reduction in copper and lead fouling and increases…

Dumpster divers can be the bane of a business owner's existence. While they are out there rifling through your dumpster under the cover of darkness (or often even in broad daylight,) they can leave behind a mess that you have to send one of your employees out to clean up. Not only is this frustrating, but it is ultimately costing your money when it comes to wasted time your staff could be using to do their actual job instead. Unless it is specifically prohibited by local regulations, dumpster…

through her phone when she was asleep and take down the names and numbers of guys who tried to talk to her. This is a common factor seen in domestic violence situations as men will often believe their victim is not being faithful and results in them rifling through both phones and purses. When Leslie had finally reached a point and realized he was controlling too many aspects of her life, she confronted Ben. His immediate response was that she was obviously cheating on him and throwing away the…