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    The Rim Fire was a massive wildfire that started in a remote canyon in the Stanislaus National Forest in California's Tuolumne County. The fire ignited...
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    A rim-fire (or rimfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from...
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    the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific Ring of Fire. This is a list of countries that are generally...
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    .22 Long Rifle (redirect from .22 rim-fire)
    that use gas systems, such as AR-15 sport style rifles, normally avoid firing non-plated .22LR cartridge ammunition, as the use of non-plated ammunition...
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    The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes...
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    permit. The Rim Fire was ignited on the Stanislaus National Forest in August 2013, and eventually grew to become the third-largest fire in California...
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    The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM), with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, developed for the...
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    .22 Nosler .22-250 Remington .222 Remington .222 Remington Magnum .222 Rimmed .223 Remington .223 Winchester Super Short Magnum .224 Voboril .224 Boz...
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    the Mogollon Rim was the site of Arizona's second-largest wildfire, the 470,000-acre (1,900 km2) Rodeo–Chediski Fire. The Mogollon Rim was also the site...
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    Wildfire (redirect from Bush fire)
    bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or veld fire. Some natural forest ecosystems depend...
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    be reduced to the size of the earlier RIM-2 Terrier missile. Existing ships with the Mk86 guided missile fire control system, or "Terrier" were adapted...
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    The RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) is a development of the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft...
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  • kammerladers, most of the small bore rifles were modified to allow the use of rim fire ammunition. The kammerlader was designed to use paper cartridges — a pre-measured...
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    a rim that is significantly smaller than the case body diameter. These are known as rebated-rim designs and almost always allow a handgun to fire multiple...
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    characteristics of large forest fires (such as the drone that was used by the California Air National Guard in the August 2013 Rim Fire). The Central Intelligence...
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  • A rim is an external flange that is machined, cast, molded, stamped, or pressed around the bottom of a firearms cartridge. Thus, rimmed cartridges are...
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    "Rancho Fire". www.fire.ca.gov. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Retrieved July 13, 2024. "Rim Fire". www.fire.ca.gov. California...
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    Walker Pass Cedar Fire (2003) Rim Fire (2013) Thomas Fire (2017) Mendocino Complex (2018) August Complex fire (2020) North Complex Fire (2020) LNU Lightning...
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    Firearm (redirect from Fire arm)
    ft-lbs); (b) device manufactured or designed to discharge rim-fire, centre-fire or pin-fire ammunition; (c) device which is not at the time capable of...
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  • MSSA category no longer exists with all centre-fire semi-auto rifles now in the restricted category. Rim-fire rifles holding more than 10 cartridges also...
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    The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish...
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    designed to fire rim-fire or centre-fire cartridges (e.g. flintlock, wheellock, matchlock, cap and ball), capable of only firing rim-fire cartridges other...
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  • allows a slight opening for the firing pin atop the hammer to strike the rim-fired cartridge, usually the 56-50 rim fire. The bolt was designed for single-shot...
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  • Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction monster film directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie...
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  • Pacific Rim Uprising is a 2018 American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight (in his feature-film directorial and writing debut)...
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  • standard military arm was the Swiss Vetterli 1869, which utilized very large rim-fire metallic cartridges). A joint production program was undertaken after the...
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    the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard drop water on the Rim Fire near Yosemite, California, August 26, 2013 Airtankers or water bombers...
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    Columbia resident who started the illegal campfire in 2013 that caused the ‘Rim Fire’ wildfire, the 5th largest wildfire in CA history, which destroyed parts...
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    increase in large wildfires like the Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest and the King Fire on the Eldorado National Forest...
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  • boy who recently lost his father in a fire, reluctantly attends a summer camp in southern California called "Rim of the World". He meets two other "misfits"...
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