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Headquarters. Enfield Lock, London, England. The Royal Small Arms Factory ( RSAF ), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. Some parts were in Waltham Abbey. The factory produced British military rifles, muskets and swords from 1816.
The Colt New Model revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design was essentially similar to revolver type pistols, with a rotating cylinder that held five or six rounds in a variety of calibers from .36 to .64 inches. [1] They were mainly based upon the Colt Model 1855 ...
The Purdey "over & under" gun is a development of the 1913 Woodward patent, which was incorporated into the company on Purdey's purchasing of J.Woodward & Sons in 1949. While James Purdey & Sons is best known as a maker of shotguns, it also produces double-barrelled and bolt-action rifles. The guns are costily custom-made, largely by hand.
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Baker Rifle. Baker rifle. The Baker rifle was a muzzle-loading flintlock weapon used by the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars, notably by the 95th Rifles and the 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot. This rifle was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being made at 100 to 300 yards (90 to 270 m) away.
Sights. Telescopic SUSAT, ACOG and ELCAN LDS scopes, aperture iron sights. The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle.
The cost of renovations at Ossett Town Hall has risen to more than £4.3m, according to Wakefield Council. The local authority said it had been left with a £1.9m funding gap as costs to carry out ...
The Boys rifle was used in the early stages of the Second World War against lightly armoured German tanks and combat vehicles. Britain also supplied a large number of Boys anti-tank rifles to Finland in 1939 and 1940 during the Winter War with the Soviet Union. The weapon was popular with the Finns because it could deal with Soviet T-26 tanks ...