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barrel

informal A large amount or quantity (of something). Tom is a real barrel of laughs. He always livens up these boring dinner parties. You should really come to the fair with us. It'll be a barrel of fun!

barrel

1. tv. & in. to drink liquor to excess. Stop barreling beer and let’s go home.

2. n. a drunkard. The old barrel was full up and through for the evening.

3. in. to go fast; to speed while driving. She barreled out of here like a bat out of hell.

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Oman exported 145.5mn barrels of crude oil in the January-June period of this year as against 146.2mn barrels a year ago, thus recording a decline of 0.5 per cent in shipments.

OMAN'S CRUDE OIL OUTPUT UP BY 0.2 % IN JANUARY-JUNE PERIOD, SAYS NCSI

To determine how different barrel types react to rapid fire, I chose three rifles chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor.

BARREL LIFE

The company also offers a single rack that can cradle a 60-gallon barrel or be flipped over and support a 30-gallon barrel.

Barrel Racks: New options for safety or to support winemaking

Match Target barrels for the European pistols are deliberately oversized in the barrel hood and lower lugs.

Aftermarket Pistol Barrels: Using and fitting aftermarket barrels for pistol projects

The thin profile means it is not very stiff, and the point of impact can be affected by outside forces bearing on the barrel. Point of impact can change a couple inches if you are pushing hard against one side of the barrel when shooting.

AR-15 gunsmithing for the novice: installing a barrel: part 1

Drillings typically have a safety on the side, and the tang "safety" raises a rear sight on the rib and activates the rifle barrel. It takes a lot of practice to be familiar with the drill, but it's not an unsound concept if you practice.

A numbers game

Of course, buying the barrel isn't the only expense.

Switch-barrel rifles: from quick to slow, many rifles offer shooters a versatile multi-caliber battery on one action

Grasp the retracting slide handles to align the barrel locking spring lug with the 3/s-in hole in the right side of the receiver while inserting the barrel.

Raise cover to save barrel

Aging is currently underway for three future Bishop's Barrel offerings, including Bishop's Barrel #2, which will be an Old Ale in Chardonnay barrels with cherries.

Saint Arnold launches Bishop's Barrel specialty beer series

Barrel sets made for skeet guns were carefully weighted by their manufacturers in an effort to make a gun handle and feel the same regardless of which set of barrels it might be wearing.

The more, the merrier: a look at guns with more than one barrel

The bore and grove dimensions for a micro-groove barrel and a cut-rifle barrel will vary quite a lot.

The long vs. short of it

The way to prevent this is always to lubricate the barrel threads before turning the barrel into a receiver.

Lube that barrel

The rain barrels are made from 55 gallon blue plastic recycled containers.

Lancaster receives rain barrel grant

The Sultanate's total production of crude oil and condensates saw a 4.3 per cent hike to 4.62 million barrels during this period, up from 4,410.8 million barrels last year.

China tops countries importing Oman oil

The pre-weighed rubber specimen is placed at the bottom of the barrel of the rheometer.