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The Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 is a single-shot hammerless falling-block action rifle designed by Hugo Borchardt and made by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company.It closely resembles older Sharps Rifles but has a firing mechanism that uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifle.
Spring-powered airsoft guns are generally not as powerful as gas-powered ones, but are more powerful than electric airsoft guns because stiffer springs can often be used without the worry of overloading any motor-gearbox, although some spring shotguns and bolt-action rifles can be very powerful with muzzle velocities up to 400–700 ft/s (120 ...
In 1990, the Western film Quigley Down Under, Tom Selleck's title character uses a Sharps rifle chambered in the .45-110, also known as the 45-2 7 ⁄ 8" Sharps. Theater Crafts Industry went so far as to say, "In Quigley Down Under, which we did in 1990, the Sharps rifle practically co-stars with Tom Selleck."
Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer located in Big Timber, Montana, United States.. The company produces a line of reproductions of various historical black-powder rifles, including the legendary 1874 Sharps Rifle, featured in the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under, starring Tom Selleck.
In 1872, Sharps introduced the .50-90 Sharps hunting cartridge. [3] Hugo Borchardt designed the last rifle made by the company, the Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878 , but the company went bankrupt and was defunct three years later in 1881.
Jing Gong manufactures low to mid-priced airsoft guns. In 2008, Jing Gong released new AEGs that shoot well over 350 ft/s (110 m/s) with factory stock internals. [2] [3] [4] Their lineup of AEGs are based on "clone" designs of higher-end brands, many taken from Tokyo Marui. Jing Gong makes many affordable yet high-performing AEGs.
UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of air guns (including Umarex air pistols such as the Beretta Elite II), tear-gas and signal pistols, paintball markers under the RAM brand and airsoft guns, based in Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. [1] The firm was founded in 1972.
An airsoft gun firing a projectile with a muzzle kinetic energy greater than the ones outlined in the PCA 2017 is no longer considered to be an airsoft gun and falls under firearms legislation. [90] The specified muzzle kinetic energies are 1.3 joules for any automatic gun (which is capable of discharging two or more missiles successively ...