Rifling

When fighting a war you want to try and do any and everything you can to turn the tide in your advantage. Going back all the way to the development of rifling in barrels, the development of the minie ball, or the development of the Gatling gun; innovation has been the centerpiece in the evolution of war. These developments were meant to give the side using them a significant tactical advantage. Every single…

way that the intestines spill out easily. Not seeing any slopes nearby that he can drag the deer to, he decides to stick with the spot the deer lies. Taj walks over to the deer. He then kneels down, removes his pack, and searches through it. While rifling through it, Taj removes his hunting knife, a large drop point blade as sharp as a razor. He also proceeds to search the bag for his elbow length plastic gloves that protect his hands from the deer’s internal fluids, but…

talking without her knowledge or consent to do so. The viewer sees Sergio press play on a recording device and what is played back are a series of questions that he asks her, to her increasing irritation. As the recording plays the viewers watch Sergio rifling through his wife’s belongings. This scene exemplifies the idea of Kaja Silverman in her essay “Suture,” The Subject of Semiotics, in that “she signifies the lack which properly belongs both to the male and the female viewers, who are…

The Civil War was a time of terrible social turmoil and bloodshed for the American people. However, it was also a time of great innovation and creation by both the Union and the Confederacy. As the intellectuals of the two sides invented better and more efficient ways to hasten the slaughter of their countrymen, the leadership of the Union and Confederacy lost no time in their application of these new arsenals. The Civil War is the war that has seen the greatest loss of American men, and the…

a double barrel musket. People keep telling me the rifle is called a Golcher, but all I know is it sure does feel comfortable in my hands. The Golchers a little harder to aim compared to the Kentucky long rifle, Kentucky’s have something called rifling to make them so accurate. I love this gun thought. General Burgoyne army is coming from the south side of Canada, nerveless this gives us infantry time to set up camp. I do wonder what my wife and kids are up to. To protect them, family members of…

difficult child. I tried my best to be normal. But if I take all her pills she won’t have to worry about them or me ever again. (SHELLY crosses over to the bed. She takes a pillow case off of one of her pillows and exits. After a few seconds an SFX of rifling through a pill cabinet plays.) INNER VOICE Make sure you get the good stuff. This has to work the first time or they’ll know what you’ve really been thinking and then they’ll send you away. And then any chance you had of killing…

Parents, teachers, caretakers, and other adults influence children every day. They help the child reach milestones and learn to do things for themselves or help an adult do something for the child. While developing, the child is also an active influencer of his or her environment. This means that the child teaches the adults as well. That is not to say that the child is teaching the parent to solve mathematic problems, but rather the child is teaching the parent how to best care for him or her.…

Chemistry The discovery of gunpowder, or black powder, by the Chinese in the 10th Century revolutionized how wars were fought. Gunpowder is the earliest known chemical explosive composed of approximately 75 percent potassium nitrate (KNO3), commonly known as saltpeter, 15 percent charcoal and 10 percent sulfur. This ratio of 75:15:10 ratio of saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur is commonly known as black powder. Together, the mixture of these three compounds in a proper ratios create a powerful…

As Mom and I restocked the pantry, I could not help but beam with pride. The army ant had come home victorious. I could hear my mom rifling through the bags, an angry swish of plastic followed by a deep sigh and a bang. “What bag is the peanut butter in?” she asked me. I froze. My stomach went cold. My knees were replaced with water balloons. “Peanut butter?” I asked. She whirled around…

Union Strategy 1861 – 1862: Lincoln and the Union high commands initial strategic proposal came from Major General Winfield Scott. The general-in-chief of the proposed “Anaconda Plan.” Scott’s master vision was an 80,000 man army pushing down the Mississippi River, severing the Confederacy in half while the Union navy instituted a blockade to suffocate and cut of the South’s trade. One factor that Scott and many of his staff thought was unique in the war was that a bulk of Southerners were…