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  2. Webley & Scott - Wikipedia

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    The Ordnance Factory Board of India still manufactures .380 Revolver Mk IIz cartridges, [8] as well as a .32 caliber revolver (also known as IOF Mk1) with 2-inch (51 mm) barrel that is clearly based on the Webley Mk IV .38 service pistol. [9] In 1924 Webley produced its first air pistol, the Mark I. [10] In 1929 Webley introduced its Mark II ...

  3. W.J. Jeffery & Co - Wikipedia

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    Unlike other London gunmakers, W.J. Jeffery & Co offered modern big-game hunting rifles in the medium price bracket. In order to compete with his biggest competitors, John Rigby & Company and Westley Richards, Jeffery outsourced to several Birmingham based rifle manufacturers including Saunders, Ellis, Webley, Tolley and Leonard bros, as well as Turners of Reading, John Wilkes and others in ...

  4. Antique firearms - Wikipedia

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    An Antique Webley Mk I .455 Revolver, circa 1887. In Canada antique firearms are defined under Section 84(1) of the Criminal Code and Regulations Prescribing Antique Firearms, SOR/98-464 [9] as any firearm manufactured before 1898: not designed to fire rim-fire or centre-fire cartridges (e.g. flintlock, wheellock, matchlock, cap and ball),

  5. List of military equipment of the Canadian Army in World War II

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    Pistol No.2 Mk.1; Produced under license in Canada by John Inglis & Company: Smith & Wesson Model 10 United States: 1942 Revolver.38-200: S&W Victory Model; Webley Revolver United Kingdom: 1915 Revolver.455 Webley: Webley .455 Mk.VI; Obsolete, secondary sidearm Enfield No. 2 United Kingdom: 1932 Revolver.38-200: Mk.1; Secondary sidearm Colt ...

  6. List of infantry weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Webley Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI; Webley Self-Loading Mk I; Rifles. Arisaka Type 30 (Royal Navy and home defence only) Arisaka Type 38; Elephant gun (Ad hoc use against sniper armour) Enfield Pattern P1914; Farquhar–Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only) Farquharson M1872 [citation needed] Lee–Enfield Magazine Mk I; Lee–Enfield Short Magazine ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Yes, You Can Rent Out Your Eyeball For Money

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    n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...

  9. List of World War II weapons of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Known as "Rifle No. 3. [2] M1917 Enfield – Used 30-06 ammunition. Issued to British Home Guard. Lee Enfield No.1 Mk.III* – Lee Enfield rifle in service at the beginning of the war, supplemented and replaced by the No.4 Mk.I by mid-war. [3] Rifle, No.4 Mk.1 and No.4 Mk.I (T) – Lee Enfield rifle that replaced the No.I Mk.III* in larger ...