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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
swage .
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Examples
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"Bantams had what is called swaged spokes, which are thick on the ends screwed into the hub and thin on those screwed into the outer rim," says Suri.
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Yes, you could do this as an individual (with the range's permission) and it may indeed be worth your while if there's a significant amount of cast/swaged bullets in the dirt and you're equipped to sift or screen the dirt.
Today at the range their was a fellow sifting the back stop sand to recover spent bullets. 2009
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Yes, you could do this as an individual (with the range's permission) and it may indeed be worth your while if there's a significant amount of cast/swaged bullets in the dirt and you're equipped to sift or screen the dirt.
Today at the range their was a fellow sifting the back stop sand to recover spent bullets. 2009
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It was .69 caliber and shot a swaged, two piece lead anchor, (I forget the weight, something like 500 grains!)
Transmitting History 2008
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With a cast or swaged bullet, which was my my error, it's a simple matter of pushing it out with a cleaning rod.
Bad Shells 2008
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That said, recent whitetail I have taken were with a. 270Win Failsafe, a .50 cal swaged round ball, and a 100gr fixed broadhead.
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It is then ground in the same manner as the barrel, and the hammer is swaged on by two operations under the drop.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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Some of the pieces are pressed into shape under these drops when cold, -- this being the case with the triggers, which were found to use up the dies too rapidly when they were swaged while heated; but, as a general rule, the swaging is done while the piece is at a red or white heat.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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The airship swaged more than ever, and the occupants were tossed about in the cabin, from side to side.
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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But yet they that begot and brought forth that our old ancient purgatory pick-purse; that that was swaged and cooled with a Franciscan's cowl, put upon a dead man's back, to the fourth part of his sins; that that was utterly to be spoiled, and of none other but of our most prudent lord
Sermons on the Card Hugh Latimer 1858
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