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These Benjamin Pump guns were manufactured by the Wissler Instrument Co. of St. Louis under a U.S. patent that had been issued to Benjamin. Unlike many air guns of this period, the Benjamin was intended not as a toy, but as a high-power compressed air gun in which pressure was built up by pumping a built-in piston located beneath the barrel.
In 1988 the rights to the designs were purchased by Benjamin-Sheridan [3] and the HR-81 and HR-83 then enjoyed limited production in the USA. [4] The American model differed from the UK model in that the rearsight, which was moved rearwards to become a removable part, was mounted on the scope rail, and the stock had a noticeably different shape.
Leupold and Stevens Mark 6 scope with variable magnification 3-18x44mm, mounted on a M24 SWS. IDF M24 SWS with Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44mm sniper scope. Leupold FX-II Ultralight scope on a Ruger 77/44. The company's riflescopes are used by organizations such as the United States Army, the Secret Service and the Navy SEALs. [13]
A para-athlete competing with a match air rifle A collection of lever-action, spring-piston air rifles. An air gun or airgun is a gun that uses energy from compressed air or other gases that are mechanically pressurized and then released to propel and accelerate projectiles, similar to the principle of the primitive blowgun.
The 40CTC (40 mm Cased Telescoped Cannon) is a 40 mm autocannon and the central component of the Franco-British 40CTAS (40 mm Cased Telescoped Armament System) developed by CTA International.
Originated 1 July 1900 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario as the 97th Regiment of Rifles.Sub-units were in Thessalon, Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls.; Redesignated 1 June 1903 as the 97th Regiment (Algonquin Rifles).
A 19th century depiction of a soldier using a crossbow. A thorough diagram of a crossbow. Notice the upwardly-curved bow, which was the change that most affected the bullet-shooting crossbow.
The early writers discussed here treated vision more as a geometrical than as a physical, physiological, or psychological problem. The first known author of a treatise on geometrical optics was the geometer Euclid (c. 325 BC–265 BC).