Luxist Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Palmetto State Armory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmetto_State_Armory

    Website. palmettostatearmory.com. Palmetto State Armory is an American firearms company based in Columbia, South Carolina. The name is derived from South Carolina 's official nickname, "The Palmetto State". [1] Palmetto State Armory operates several retail locations around the states of South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina.

  3. Saturday night special - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_night_special

    Saturday night special is a colloquial term in the United States and Canada for inexpensive, compact, small- caliber handguns made of poor quality metal. [1] Sometimes known as junk guns, some states define these guns by means of composition or material strength. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, they were commonly referred to as ...

  4. .400 Cor-Bon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.400_Cor-bon

    1,250 ft/s (380 m/s) 573 ft⋅lbf (777 J) Source (s): Corbon [1] The .400 Corbon (10.2x22mm) is an automatic pistol cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in 1997. [2] It was created to mimic the ballistics of the 10 mm Auto cartridge in a .45 ACP form factor. It is essentially a .45 ACP case, necked down to .40 caliber with a 25-degree shoulder.

  5. 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008–2016_United_States...

    The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, [1] and continued through most or all of 2010, with an additional shortage beginning in December 2012 and continuing throughout 2013. The 2008 election of President Barack Obama triggered increased ...

  6. MidwayUSA - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MidwayUSA

    MidwayUSA (formerly Ely Arms, Inc.) was a small start-up gun shop in Columbia, Missouri that opened on June 18, 1977. The business was opened by Larry Potterfield, with his next younger brother Jerry, in a 151 square metres (1,630 sq ft) metal, pole-frame building. Jerry sold his half interest to Larry in 1980 and returned home to farm.

  7. Pinfire cartridge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinfire_cartridge

    The pin-fire (or pinfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the priming compound is ignited by striking a small pin that protrudes radially from above the base of the cartridge. Invented by Frenchman Casimir Lefaucheux in 1832, [1] but not patented until 1835, [2] it was one of the earliest practical designs of a metallic ...

  8. 2020–present United States ammunition shortage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–present_United...

    The 2020–present United States ammunition shortage is the most recent of all the ammunition shortages in the United States. It arose out of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the 2020 United States presidential election, and the George Floyd protests. The lack of sufficient ammunition for consumers in the United States is to some ...

  9. Why I Just Loaded Up on This Dirt Cheap High-Yield ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/why-just-loaded-dirt-cheap-094700076...

    Here's why I just loaded up on this dirt cheap, high-yield dividend stock. 1. Its rock-solid business. No pun intended, but my main reason for buying Prudential Financial stock was its rock-solid ...