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James Purdey & Sons, or simply Purdey, is a British gunmaker based in London, England specialising in high-end bespoke sporting shotguns and rifles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Purdey holds Royal Warrants of appointment as gun and rifle makers to the British and other European royal families.
Aggregate of articles about firearm cartridges developed by the firearms manufacturer James Purdey & Sons. Pages in category "James Purdey & Sons cartridges" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The .246 Purdey is a rimmed cartridge originally designed for use in Purdey's own double rifles. Never popular or widely used, the cartridge offers slightly less power than the .243 Winchester. [1] As is common with cartridges designed for double rifles, the .246 Purdey was offered in one loading, firing a 100 gr projectile at 2950 fps. [2]
Purdey is a family name and may refer to: Purdey (The New Avengers), fictional character played by Joanna Lumley in the British TV series; James Purdey and Sons, British gunmaker; Mark Purdey (1953-2006), British organic farmer and anti-pesticide advocate; Purdey's, soft drink produced by Orchid Drinks Ltd
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Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year A-91: KBP Instrument Design Bureau: 5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO Russia 1990 ADS amphibious rifle: TSKIB SOO 5.45×39mm
The Robinson M96 is a 5.56 x 45mm NATO, semi-automatic rifle based on the Stoner 63 Modular Weapon System.Made by the Robinson Armament Co., the M96 can be arranged in a variety configurations from a standard rifle with a 20' barrel, to a carbine with a 16" barrel or even a top-fed carbine with a 17.5" barrel.
General purpose machine gun: A machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable. Grain is a unit of measurement of mass that is based upon the mass of a single seed of a typical cereal. Used in firearms to denote the amount of powder in a cartridge or the weight ...