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Rugeley Rifle Club is a target shooting club in Staffordshire, England, founded in 1900. The club competes in National competitions of the National Small-bore Rifle Association shooting smallbore rifle, 10 metre air rifle and 10 metre air pistol. The club is noted for the number of members who have represented Great Britain, England and Wales.
This air gun was to fill the gap between the "BB" gun and the .22 caliber. A successful prototype was produced mid-1944 and in 1945, in partnership with I.R. "Bob" Kraus, Sheridan Products Inc. was born in Racine, Wisconsin . [ 1 ]
A shop with a timber framed core, refaced in brick in about 1820, stuccoed on the front, with a top frieze and a tile roof. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, with a front of three bays and a rear gabled wing. In the centre is a shop front with pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice, and a door with a fanlight. To the left is an entry, and to ...
RAF Lichfield on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940. RAF Lichfield, known locally as Fradley Aerodrome, was constructed in from mid 1939 to 1940. The airfield was set out in the usual triangular pattern with two runways 1 km in length and a main runway of 1.46 km. [2] Initially it operated as a maintenance site, being home to the No. 51 Maintenance Unit from August 1940. [3]
A typical 4.5 mm (.177 in) 10 m air rifle match pellet. For the 10-meter air rifle and air pistol disciplines, match-grade diabolo pellets are used. These pellets are wadcutter, meaning the pellet head is nearly completely flat. This leaves smooth-edged round holes in paper targets and allows easy gauging for scoring. Match pellets are offered ...
Lichfield (/ ˈ l ɪ tʃ f iː l d /) is a cathedral city and civil parish [2] in Staffordshire, England.Lichfield is situated 18 miles (29 km) south-east of the county town of Stafford, 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Walsall, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Tamworth and 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Burton upon Trent.
The museum also has a number of outdoor exhibits relating to the Second World War. These include the Smart Street Shelter, which was opened in 2017. This is a recreation of a 1940s air raid shelter. The shelter is equipped with sound effects to provide an immersive experience of what it was like to experience "The Blitz". [13]
The new owners had no interest in air rifle production and production never resumed. Sterling was again sold in 1989 to British Aerospace and, after the assets were stripped , ceased trading. In 1988 the rights to the designs were purchased by Benjamin-Sheridan [ 3 ] and the HR-81 and HR-83 then enjoyed limited production in the USA. [ 4 ]