Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea, better known as The Roll Call, is an 1874 oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler. It became one of the most celebrated British paintings of the 19th century, but later fell out of critical favour [citation needed]. The painting depicts a roll call of soldiers from the Grenadier ...
The Rolling Block was also one of two makers rifles used by the American team to win the International Long Range matches held at Creedmoor Rifle Range on Long Island, New York, in 1874. Team members shot against the Irish team with half the shooters using Rolling Block Creedmoor models, and the other half using Sharps Model 1874 Long Range rifles.
Elizabeth, Lady Butler's signature. Elizabeth Southerden Thompson (3 November 1846 – 2 October 1933), later known as Lady Butler, [1] was a British painter who specialised in painting scenes from British military campaigns and battles, including the Crimean War and the Napoleonic Wars.
A gallery gun, Flobert gun, parlor gun or saloon gun is a type of firearm designed for recreational indoor target shooting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These guns were developed in 1845, when French inventor Louis-Nicolas Flobert created the first rimfire metallic cartridge by modifying a percussion cap to hold a small lead bullet.
In 1887, Stevens developed the .22 LR round, [11] which served as an introductory caliber for children for decades, as well as being very popular for plinking, varmint and target shooting. The .22LR cartridge was available beginning in 1888, in the #1, #2, #9, and #10 break-top rifles, and in their New Model Pocket and Bicycle rifles.
Colt New Line .30 Caliber Revolver: in production from 1874 to 1876; Colt New Line .32 Caliber Revolver: in production from 1873 to 1884; Colt New Line .38 Caliber Revolver: in production from 1874 to 1880; Colt New Line .41 Caliber Revolver: in production from 1874 to 1879; The .22 caliber version was equipped with a 7-shot cylinder.
Manufactured 7.92mm Mauser ammunition. It was decommissioned in 1919 and was no longer allowed to manufacture war materiel. Gustav Genschow & Co. (GECO) bought the facility in 1924 and used it to make .22-caliber target rifles. GECO loaded cartridges with wartime-manufactured Spandau cases, presumably ones they picked up when they bought the ...
Remington .22 Junior Special Long and Short is a Bolt-action rifle launched in the 1930s by Remington Arms. It is fitted with a peep sight set which is much more accurate than regular iron sights. The rifle is lightweight and sturdy. It comes with a 5-round detachable loading magazine that inserts from underneath the firing chamber.