RedDemocracy
RedDemocracy t1_ixy0i8g wrote
Reply to TIL about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a US government agency maintaining a reference catalogue of almost any item known; from peanut butter to New Jersey waste water samples. And everything is for sale. by samgarita
Sounds like a precursor to the Imperial Bureau of Standards. Where there are no small jobs.
RedDemocracy t1_j63fe50 wrote
Reply to comment by heisdeadjim_au in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
Some guns don’t have slide releases, or it’s a matter of preferences/comfort. I’ve hot small hands and weak fingers, and I don’t think I’ve ever successfully hit the slide release on my Star BM, but it’s smooth as a dream on my Jericho.