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  • Only bad thing I've heard about S&W (other than they wussed out to Clinton and the gun lawsuit crowd) was sideplate screws coming loose while firing, but some removable (Blue) Loc-tite should solve that.

    The Problem With Guesswork 2008

  • My ideal would be a sidelock with a tiny amount of engraving around the edges of the sideplate and any screws and the rest bare save for an oil slick of case hardening and gold-washed inside, where no one can see, but where it will help prevent corrosion.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • My ideal would be a sidelock with a tiny amount of engraving around the edges of the sideplate and any screws and the rest bare save for an oil slick of case hardening and gold-washed inside, where no one can see, but where it will help prevent corrosion.

    Got a Match? 2008

  • Artifacts recovered from Queen Anne's Revenge, including a brass gun sideplate, cast iron hand grenades, and a pewter syringe.

    Loaded Guns, Barrels of Rum, and a Silk Ribbon 2006

  • It is very important not to strain at all, and if you eat meat, it must always be accompanied by a great deal of fluid and a sideplate of vegetables. '

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • He released her, got out his needler, and pushed back the sideplate; a trickle of gritty water ran onto his fingers, and he blew into the mechanism.

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • He released her, got out his needler, and pushed back the sideplate; a trickle of gritty water ran onto his fingers, and he blew into the mechanism.

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • As he returned, the charred metal engine sideplate bearing the company's name was being carried back into the station.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Above the two engines stationed there now hangs the blackened sideplate of the Ladder 11 engine, all that was recovered.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • By flipping up the turn-key on the sideplate and rotating it counterclockwise, the sideplate can be opened for VBS adjustments.

    craigslist | for sale / wanted in seattle-tacoma webmaster@craigslist.org 2010

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