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  2. Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory Site - Wikipedia

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    The Fredericksburg Gun Manufactory Site is a historic archaeological site in Fredericksburg, Virginia.The manufactory was founded in 1775 by Charles Dick and Fielding Lewis, proprietor of the nearby Kenmore Plantation, and brother-in-law to George Washington, to provide guns and ammunition to the Continental Army and state militia during the American Revolutionary War.

  3. National Firearms Museum - Wikipedia

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    The NRA Museums Division is the custodian of approximately 10,000 firearms with many of them displayed at three NRA Museums - the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia; the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri; and the Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest at the NRA Whittington Center ...

  4. Gun laws in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws in Virginia regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Summary table

  5. List of Confederate arms manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Danville, Virginia.54 caliber percussion breech-loading carbines 280 T. W. Radcliffe Columbia, South Carolina: Rifles Both maker and importer Richmond Armory (VA Manufactory of Arms) Richmond, Virginia: 1861 (1798) Variants of the Richmond rifle: 31,000 rifles 5,400 carbines 1,350 short rifles Thomas Riggins Knoxville, Tennessee: Rifles

  6. Guns to Gardens turns unwanted guns into garden tools, event ...

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    SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church will sponsor its second “Guns to Gardens” gun safe-surrender event on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Shepherdstown ...

  7. Virginia Manufactory of Arms - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Manufactory of Arms was a state-owned firearms manufacturer and arsenal in what is today Richmond, Virginia. It was established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1798 to supply the Virginia militia with firearms and related items such as swords and bayonets. The factory originally operated from 1802 or 1803 to 1821.

  8. ‘Gun hole’ — a bizarre Virginia sensation — has returned ...

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    A gun-shaped hole became a bizarre sensation in Virginia — and even had its own sidewalk shrine. ... The “gun hole” gained popularity after a photo of the imprint was shared Jan. 26 on X ...

  9. Danville Artillery - Wikipedia

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    Receiving its baptism of fire in the unsuccessful West Virginia Campaign, the company participated in General Robert E. Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and General Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and then served with Major L.M. Shumaker's and Major D.G. McIntosh's Battalion, Army of Northern Virginia.