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  2. Gun Quarter - Wikipedia

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    The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns. It is an industrial area to the north of the city centre, bounded by Steelhouse Lane, Shadwell Street and Loveday Street.

  3. Birmingham Proof House - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House Gates of the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House. The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House is a weapons proving establishment in Banbury Street, Birmingham, UK. The building was designed by John Horton and consists of a centre bay, emphasised by a segmental parapet, which contains trophies by William Hollins.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Westley Richards - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Richards opened a gun shop in London in 1815 on New Bond Street. The shop was owned and managed by William Bishop, who was known as the Bishop of Bond Street. [4] It was stated in a book published by G. T. Teasdale-Buckell in 1900, that Bishop had served as a lieutenant. [5] Westley Richards' Cavalry carbine, 1865

  6. Corpus Christi shops on ATF list of those that sold the most ...

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    About 60% of Texas households own at least one gun. Which gun stores sell the most crime-linked guns has been kept secret for more than two decades, since 2003 under the George W. Bush administration.

  7. Webley & Scott - Wikipedia

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    Declining sales led to the decision to give up firearms manufacture completely in 1979, however air gun production at the Birmingham factory continued until 22 December 2005, when the company closed down. Webley's dependent company - Venom Custom Shop - ceased trading as well. It was then bought by Wolverhampton-based company Airgunsport. At ...

  8. These Oklahoma gun shops that sold the most guns used in ...

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    In Oklahoma, 14 gun stores were included in the list, ranging from chain stores to pawn shops. Gun stores connected to recent high-profile mass shootings also appear, including River City Firearms ...

  9. Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia

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    At this time in Britain, individual components were made mainly in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham by a number of independent manufacturers and then hand-assembled to produce muskets. These component makers eventually combined to become the Birmingham Small Arms Company. The Enfield factory was intended to improve the quality and to drive down ...