Sentences with phrase «caliber rifle»

A "caliber rifle" refers to a specific size and type of firearm designed to shoot bullets of a particular diameter. The term "caliber" is used to indicate the size of the barrel bore, which determines the size of the bullet that can be fired from the rifle. Full definition
«From September 1968 through August 1969, 610 marsh rabbits were collected by hand or with a.22 caliber rifle in sugarcane plantations south and west of Belle Glade, Palm Beach and Hendry counties, Florida, at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee.
Last week's report that officer Doug Berwick used a.22 - caliber rifle in June to kill the pet of an 11 - year - old disabled boy is unconscionable.
Therefore, the Gunners should be fully armed with their fully loaded high caliber rifles (top Gunners) With whom they will gun down any pawing and biting Foxes.
In what the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission called «the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred,» the attacker - who may have been an insider - fired about 100 rounds of.30 - caliber rifle ammunition into the radiators of 17 electricity transformers over the course of 19 minutes.
Inside his home, deputies found «an AR - 15, a.22 caliber rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a bump stock and numerous other weapon - related items,» according to a sheriff's office news release.
Sen. Daniel Squadron has sent a memo to his fellow Codes Committee members, urging them to vote «yes» on his bill that would, with some «reasonable» exceptions, require registration for, and prohibit the sale and tranfer of,.50 - caliber rifles in New York.
If they're not gonna do full on gore, I at least want what MP3 and RDR had, where if you shot someone in the head with a high caliber rifle, it concaves their skull.
Last week, in her bedroom at her father's house in Essex, Mass., she took a.22 - caliber rifle and killed herself with a shot to the chest.
and I also came across a disturbing story from 2013 about a 5 - year - old boy accidentally who killed his 2 - year - old sister after firing his own weapon, a.22 - caliber rifle that he had received as a gift for his birthday.
Michele Cossey, 46, bought her home - schooled son, Dillon, a.22 - caliber handgun, a.22 - caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle, authorities said.
Squadron also urged his Codes Committee colleagues to watch a clip of former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly during a «60 Minutes» segment on.50 - caliber rifles, during which the ex-NYC law enforcement official watches a demonstration of weapon's ability to pierce steel plates on a firing range that is three football fields long.
Some, but not all,.50 - caliber rifles are deemed assault weapons and therefore banned under the SAFE Act.
Police confiscated 8 ounces of liquid methamphetamine; 2.5 grams of powder methamphetamine; a scale; a surveillance camera; cellphones; a 20 - gauge shotgun and a.22 caliber rifle; as well as chemicals & items utilized in meth manufacturing.
Clean old gunk out of.22 -.30 caliber rifles and 9 mm,.38 - 10 mm, and.45 caliber pistols, plus.410 GA, 28/20 GA, and 12/10 GA shotguns.
This is a.177 - caliber rifle, shooting pellets at up to 1,200 feet per second.
The kit includes six solid brass rods: three for 17 - 270 caliber rifles and three for 30 caliber weaponry.
More often, skilled marksmen kill the beasts with one shot from high - caliber rifles.
Wintemute grew up in a home in Long Beach, Calif., where his father, a decorated veteran of the Second World War, kept a Japanese officer's saber and infantry rifle, a Winchester carbine and a Marlin.22 caliber rifle in a bedroom cupboard.
In spite of, or perhaps because of, the fact he's spent the bulk of his travels in warm climes, he's ill - prepared for a lengthy stay in the frozen north, entering the wilderness with little cold weather gear, a.22 caliber rifle, and a book on local plant life.
Packing in little more than a ten - pound bag of rice, a.22 caliber rifle, some ammo, a book of local flora and fauna, and some heady literature, Chris is woefully and intentionally under - provisioned for his Alaskan adventure.
That's because every time one of the two yellow Nissan R34s roared up the Hillclimb course, the exhaust note was accompanied by loud backfires that could easily be mistaken for a.45 - caliber handgun if not a.308 - caliber rifle.
Now it was late in the morning, and Seaman Apprentice William Houston, Jr., began feeling sober again as he stalked the jungle of Grande Island carrying a borrowed.22 - caliber rifle.
When Gelderman returned to try to smooth things over with her boyfriend, police allege he was sitting on the stairs with a.22 - caliber rifle; a single round pierced her lung and diaphragm and shattered her ribs.
The extra measures are the result of a controversy that began June 19 when Berwick shot an unleashed poodle with a.22 - caliber rifle.
Berwick no longer will be allowed to carry the.22 - caliber rifle that he killed the Vickerys» dog with.
The bullet from a.22 - caliber rifle can travel as far as a mile.
The next morning, Stevenson got his.22 - caliber rifle, loaded into his Ornithological Society van, and decided to go cat hunting.
On July 24, 2008, an Amish dog breeder in Pennsylvania named Elmer Zimmerman used his.22 - caliber rifle to kill the 70 cocker spaniels, poodles and Shih Tzus he owned.
At the opening of the exhibition, Saint Phalle summoned visitors to take up her.22 caliber rifle and contribute to a collective firing at the encrusted reliefs.24 Transforming the art gallery into a shooting gallery, the artist equipped the space with a mechanical rotating target created by Tinguely and a staging platform from which her participants could take aim.
WHAT HAPPENED: Beginning in the early 1960s, French artist Niki de Saint Phalle would create a canvas of sorts by placing glass bottles filled with paint on a wooden baseboard and covering them with plaster — and then she would shoot it with a.22 caliber rifle.
Los Angeles — based conceptual artist Chris Burden is well - known for his performance art pieces of the 1970s, including Shoot (1971), a response to the Vietnam War in which he had a friend shoot him in the arm with a.22 - caliber rifle.
Chris Burden's (1946 - 2015) art has never been quiet: consider his controversial performances in the 1970s, such as Shoot (1971), in which he instructed a collaborator to shoot him in the arm in the middle of an art gallery with a.22 - caliber rifle.
There, drawing on the tradition of shooting road signs in rural areas, Evangeline constructed a double - sided, mirror - polished stainless steel panel that she shot with a.22 caliber rifle.
In protest against the Vietnam War, in 1971, he asked his friend to shoot him with a.22 caliber rifle.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z