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The range was established after the New York Legislature and the newly formed National Rifle Association of America (NRA) collaborated in 1872 to acquire 70 acres of farmland from Bernardus Hendrickson Creed (1811–1889) [2] for long-distance rifle shooting and the holding of shooting competitions.
In 1907, with the completion of the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound on islands to the east of Long Island, Fort Slocum was deemed surplus and removed from its coast defense command. However, the fort retained its guns until the United States entered World War I. [ 65 ] Three 8-inch guns and six 3-inch guns were added at Fort Hancock by 1910 ...
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At least five 90 mm gun (3.5 inch) Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) batteries were built in the Long Island Sound area. These had 90 mm dual-purpose (anti-surface and anti-aircraft ) guns. Each battery was authorized two 90 mm guns on fixed mounts, two on towed mounts, and two single 40 mm Bofors guns, although the weapons on hand may have varied.
Abandoned gun pit for the unique 16-inch disappearing gun at Fort Michie. Fort Michie was a United States Army coastal defense site on Great Gull Island, New York.Along with Fort H. G. Wright, Fort Terry, and Camp Hero, it defended the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound as part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, thus defending Connecticut's ports and the north shore of Long Island.
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AR15.com is a firearm-enthusiast web forum [2] founded as a mail list in 1996 and headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It migrated to a bulletin board system , then finally a website which the owner called "the largest firearms website in the world", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with 10 million users in 2013. [ 1 ]