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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Rimfire ammunition (redirect from Rim-fire cartridge)
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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Stanislaus National Forest (section 2013 Rim Fire)
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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List of rifle cartridges (section Rim fire cartridges)
.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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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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2024 California wildfires (redirect from Edgehill Fire)
"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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List of Sierra Nevada topics (section Fires)
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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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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Aerial firefighting (redirect from Fire bomber)
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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