This is a term used by an ammunition manufacturer warning users of a potential problem with the ammo. They are recalling some ammo, and say the reason for the recall is because 'this particular ammo may cause squid loads which could cause firearm damage and subject the shooter to a risk of personal injury.' I am not familiar with this term, can anyone can explain what this means?
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Bad powder load.\n\nUsually not enough powder -- the projectile could get stuck in the barrel causing excessive pressure and the barrel to burst or bulge. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAR IT BY FIRING AGAIN!!!\n\nMay also mean too much also called a "hot" load - too much could cause too much pressure in the barrel and cause it to burst or bulge.\n\nBe Safe!
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Your question doesn't make sense to me.\ncinders-what is left after something is burnt.\nAsh- what is left after something is burnt.\nBombs- explosive devices\nBlocks- cuboids
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it means why would anyone crack a nut with a sledgehammer and waste all that energy and get no fruit for their labor when they could've used a nut cracker and expended less energy and got all the fruit for their labor.\n\nLemme get them 10 points ... please.
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Son of a gun \nMeaning\n\nA rogue or scamp - "you are naughty, you old son of a gun". Also used, although this is uncommon outside the USA, as a euphemism for 'son of a bitch'. Some say that the origin is 'son of a military man'. This explanation is disputed (see below) but, correct or not, the phrase is no longer used to convey that meaning. \n\nOrigin\n\nThere is dispute amongst etymologists about the origin of this phrase. As always, disputes only occur where there is no definitive evidence so, as you might guess, there is conflicting circumstantial evidence. I'll put the sources here and let you decide for yourself.\n\nThe two points of view are primarily these:\n\nThe phrase originated as 'son of a military man' (i.e. a gun). The most commonly repeated version in this strand is that the British Navy used to allow women to live on naval ships. Any child born on board who had uncertain paternity would be listed in the ship's log as 'son of a gun'. While it is attestable fact that, although the Royal navy had rules against it, they did turn a blind eye to women (wives or prostitutes) joining sailors on voyages, so this version has plausibility on its side. The sources for this point of view are:\n\n- The Royal Navy Museum, who confirm that women sometimes travelled on their vessels during the age of sail.\n\n- The Sailor's Workbook; William Henry Smyth, 1867. [son of a gun is] "An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when women were permitted to accompany their husbands at sea; one admiral declared he literally was thus cradled, under the breast of a gun-carriage”. \n\n- Fighting Words, Christine Ammer, 1999- "A baby conceived during wartime. In World War I the term denoted the illegitimate offspring of servicemen."\n\n- Jon Bee, a Dictionary of the Turf, 1823, ... means 'a soldier's bastard'. \n\nThe first known printed source is The British Apollo No. 43, 1708 - "You'r a Son of a Gun". That source doesn't mention the military and Smyth's version comes 150 years later, but he was himself a Royal Navy admiral and in a better position than most to know what went on aboard naval ships. Whether or not the military/naval version is the origin it is clear that, in 1823 at least, the term was used with that meaning. \n\nCounter to that you might think it unusual that military men didn't appear to have daughters, or you may just put that down to the prevailing sexism of the time. There are several phrases including the word son, some of them quite recent: \n\nEvery mother's son \nGo on my son \nLike father, like son \nMy son the doctor \nNumber one son \nOn me 'ead, son \n\nwhereas it's difficult to think of anything other than 'don't put your daughter on the stage' for daughters. \n\n\nThe term is euphemisitic and derived as a conveniently rhyming alternative to 'son of a bitch/whore'. That term has been part of the language for centuries, certainly long enough for people to some up with a euphemism for it. Shakespeare used something like it in King Lear (1605) - "One that art nothing but the composition of a Knave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch." \n\nAlso, other sources in print in the 19th century point to the meaning at least of the phrase as indicating contempt: \n\nBarnam Ingol. Legends, Cynotaph, 1840, "We heard the rough voice of a son of a gun Of a watchman, ‘One o'clock!’ bawling."
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That term usually refers to characters you would expect to find in a certain type of book or film (i.e. in Westerns you expect to find the tough silent guy...in high school movies you expect to find the nerd, the jock, the pretty girl....these are all stock characters, they are typical and unoriginal).  More than likely that sentence is a dis at the debate its referring to, stating that it is an unoriginal debate and has the people and arguments you would expect.
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Integrated Ballistics Identification System.  It's a database that stores information on bullets previously used in crimes.
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It sounds like a line from the old "Star Trek," when someone was insulting Mr. Spock.\n\nHis answer would probably have been something like, "If you are expecting an answer, your question is illogical. If your question is rhetorical I expect you are trying to insult me which is impossible since I'm incapable of feeling emotion and therefore - feeling insulted."
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It means to use it as a threat or extortion.  Always there, ready to drop and cause injury if the dangler so chooses.
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hi pinku. its the science which deals with guns and bullets. when ever a bullet is fired, it gets scratched by the barrel of the gun in a particular way. it is totaly unique. no other gun can creat the same type of scratches on the bullet. its like the finger print of humans. when ever a crime takes place, it can be found out from a group of guns that from which gun was the bullet fired. and from that gun's licence number, person can be identified. thus, forensic experts use this technique to catch the culprit. \nto do this, a bullet is fired from the gun in the laboratory. it is fired at a certain angle in water tank that prevents it from getting scratched from any other outer obstacle. then the bullet is put under microscope and its photograph is taken. same is done with the bullet which is found on the crime scene. then both the photographs are matched.\nalso, it can tell the distance from which the bullet was fired. when ever a bullet is fired, it gets heated up due to gunpowder burning. this results in burning of human skin when it enters it. so, the greater the distance, less is the burn.\nit can also tell that which gun was used.\n\nhope that i was able to answer your question.\nNOTE:- bhai, kisi ko thok mat dena! hahaha......\n\ngood luck!
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It means no more bourbon and 'ludes before you hit the sack tonight. That's what it means. (lol)
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What context?\n\nMaybe this?\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device
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They probably got it due to the conditional warranty held on the original contract. Recalls were sent out last year when it was found that this particular model had a bug in it's aiming system, resulting in at least one undesirable hunting mishap. The problem was fixed immediately, but it was at that time that the workers noticed a need for more updating.
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means 1 of 2 things \n1)You know you had your tubes tied, but you got pregnant and shot yourself in the foot\nor\n2)You know you had your tubes tied and you shot yourself in the foot because you know you can't get pregnant now.
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I'd imagine it refers to a flash exhibited in a particle detector in certain circumstances - more precisely, when the interaction between a neutrino and pure water produces a particle moving faster than the local speed of light.  In this case, Cerenkov radiation is produced, in the form of a small ring of light which is detected by the photomultiplier tubes.  The 'telltale flash' in question.\n\nFor a bit more info, search for 'SuperKamiokande' and see what you turn up.
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hi,\n\nhere's a link with a definition.\n\nhttp://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/glossary/lipopolysaccharides
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A shooting solution is not for wargames. For instance, on a submarine, when the weapons officer announces "I have a shooting  solution!", it means that the sonar, computers and wepons have linked up and have determined the range to target, depth of target (if it is another submarine), water temperature, the firing submarine's depth, and has calculated the projected run time for the weapon (in this case, a Mk48 wire guided torpedo). \n\nThe down and dirty:\n\nA shooting solution means that we have done the math and are ready to fire.
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I just answered a question about silencers and automatic weapons stating the same thing you just wrote here! There seems to be a lot of uninformed children on this section who seem to think just because they play Xbox they're suddenly a firearms expert.I don;t claim to be an expert by any means, but I would think after over 30 years of shooting experience i would know a little something about firearms and firearms laws. I'll be the 1st to say "In my opinion" instead of stating my opinion as a fact.If these kids on here would do a little research before spouting off their uninformed ignorant opnions about topics they know nothing about, we'd all be much better off.