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This was the first Weihrauch rifle using the patented Theoben gas-spring system. These new rifles sold very well in Great Britain and the United States for small-game hunting. The great optimism of that period of the company's development was dampened by the unexpected death of Hans Weihrauch, Sr. on 3 April 1990 aged 63.
Opechee Bay is a 449-acre (1.82 km 2) [1] lake located in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Laconia.It is located directly downstream from Paugus Bay and Lake Winnipesaukee, and it connects by a one-mile segment of the Winnipesaukee River through the center of Laconia to Lake Winnisquam.
Lake Massabesic. Lake Massabesic or Massabesic Lake[1] is a lake in southern New Hampshire, United States, covering about 2,560 acres (1,040 ha) [2] (equivalent to about 4 sq mi or 10 km 2) within the city of Manchester and the town of Auburn. Because it provides drinking water for Manchester, swimming and water skiing are not allowed there. [3]
Nubanusit Lake is a 718-acre (2.91 km 2) lake located on the border between Cheshire and Hillsborough counties in southwestern New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Nelson and Hancock. The outlet of the lake is Nubanusit Brook , a tributary of the Contoocook River in the Merrimack River drainage basin .
Rattlesnake Island (New Hampshire) Rattlesnake Island is a large island in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. There are conflicting accounts of where it got its name, because its shape looks somewhat like a snake, but some say it is named for a rattlesnake population that lived there. [1][2] The island is located within the town of Alton.
Sheridan Products Inc. was formed to produce Pneumatic Air Pellet Rifles with production beginning in March 1947. In the early 1940s Co-founder Ed Wackerhagen, dissatisfied with a pellet gun used by his son, set out to build one of the finest airguns in history. The design was to incorporate the philosophy: "Performance is the sum total of many ...
The HR-81 was an air rifle manufactured by Dagenham based, small arms manufacturer, Sterling Armaments Company. [1] Sterling, known for their production of submachine guns, entered the air rifle market in 1982 with their revolutionary HR81 air rifle. Designed by Roy Hutchinson (whose initials reversed gave the rifle its name) along with Peter ...
Klaus Nomi performs in a campy costume with massive shoulder pads at Hurrah nightclub in New York City in 1979. Excerpted from Dustin Pittman: New York After Dark by Mauricio Padilha & Roger ...