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  2. List of Cold War weapons and land equipment of the United ...

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    Lee–Enfield [1] – Main service rifle until the 1950s and afterwards adapted for a variety of specialist roles. EM-2 rifle [2] – Experimental rifle adopted very briefly in 1951. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle [3] – Main Cold War service rifle from 1954 to 1994. SA80 L85 rifle [4] – Adopted right at the end of the Cold War in 1987.

  3. Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Air guns chambered for self-contained gas cartridges. (Existing owners prior to 20 January 2004 were allowed ownership subject to obtaining a firearm certificate.) Any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other substance.

  4. BSA AirSporter Air Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The top of the barrel was stamped BSA GUNS LTD ENGLAND followed by a BSA piled arms symbol and the air chamber was stamped BSA AIRSPORTER between the scope rails. It had a black painted finish, fitted with a beech wood stock and a rubber recoil pad, being a spring-gun suffered from recoil and was quite noisy. Range was limited to about 35m ...

  5. Birmingham Small Arms Company - Wikipedia

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    Share of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd., issued 18 July 1930. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome ...

  6. Webley & Scott - Wikipedia

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    In 1929 Webley introduced its Mark II air rifle. During World War II Webley air rifles were used for rifle training as well as civilian target shooting and hunting. [11] [12] The Mark II, known as the service air rifle because of its use by the UK military, used break-action with a superimposed barrel locked by bolt action.

  7. Daystate - Wikipedia

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    The first product was the Air Ranger. [1] In 1980, Daystate was commissioned by Rentokil to manufacture a small bore rifle for pest control, this model was named the Huntsman and is in manufacture until today. [2] In the mid-1980s, Daystate was building PCP air rifles for the general public, at this time all rifles were built by hand. [3]

  8. List of equipment of the RAF Regiment - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of equipment currently used by the Royal Air Force Regiment.The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and contributes to the defence of RAF airfields in the UK and overseas, and provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army and Royal Marines, and a contingent to the Special Forces Support Group from No. II (Parachute) Squadron.

  9. List of police firearms in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Ruger Mini-14 rifle used in the 1980s by Surrey Constabulary. [23] Remington 870 used by the Metropolitan Police prior to the adoption of the Benelli M3 in 2004 [82] and in the 1980s by Surrey Constabulary. [23] Smith & Wesson Mod 66 .357 Magnum revolver used in the past by West Mercia Constabulary [120] Steyr AUG variant used by ...