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  • ...were the .32-20, the .38-40, the .45 Colt, the .44-40 the .41 Colt and the British calibers .450 Eley and .455 Eley.<ref name="Flayderman2001"/> A total numbe ...olvers remain popular with shooters and collectors. Famed [[United Kingdom|British]] adventurer and soldier T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia") had a special fondnes
    27 KB (4,207 words) - 16:21, 15 March 2013
  • ...e variety of game could be encountered. A combination such as the .450-577 British service cartridge and a 12 gauge shotgun was common. Since drillings were generally made by small manufacturers, each maker would pick whichever layout they preferred, or whatever layout
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  • ...stry standards organizations [[C.I.P.]] and [[Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute|SAAMI]] have assigned different standards for the same cartridge *[[.303 British]]
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  • * ''Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers,'' 1997, The Sportsman's Press, ISBN 0948253746 [[category:British firearms manufacturers]]
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  • ...late 1980s and 1990s produced the [[.700 Nitro Express]] and the new brass manufacturers allowed even more powerful elephant guns such as the [[.585 Nyati]] by Ross ...13.2 mm Rifle Anti-Tank (Mauser)|Tankgewehr]] to knock out lightly armored British tanks.
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  • ...vernments, professional ballisticians, defence forces and a few ammunition manufacturers to obtain real world data of the flight behaviour of projectiles of their i ... expensive professional measurement devices and authorities and projectile manufacturers are generally reluctant to share the results of Doppler radar tests and the
    34 KB (5,339 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ...during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire from dug-in [[United Kingdom|British]] defenders (largely [[New Zealand]]ers from 5 Brigade's 22nd Battalion) in Six manufacturers were solicited for prototype designs: Gustloff-Werke, [[Mauser]], Johannes
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  • The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used [[Category:Belgian firearms manufacturers]]
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  • ...ates the cylinder so that the next cartridge may be fired immediately. The British firearms firm Webley also made an "automatic revolver" around the turn of t ...orth. This type of action is typically used by shotguns, but several major manufacturers make rifles that use this action.
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  • |British Columbia ||4,419,974 ||98,728 ||113,424 ||240 ||212,392 ||4.81% |British Columbia ||4,419,974 ||98,728 ||113,424 ||240 ||212,392 ||4.81%
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  • ...e started in part because General Gage sought to carry out an order by the British government to disarm the populace<ref>Kopel, David B. The Samurai, the Moun ...f criminals."<ref>Editors (Sept/Oct 1999) "NAACP causes furor by suing gun manufacturers." New Crisis.</ref>
    61 KB (9,398 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ... technology in iron-cased war rockets with considerable effect against the British, which inspired the development of the Congreve rocket.<ref name=r&ms>"rock Gunpowder production in the British Isles appears to have started in the mid 13th century with the aim of suppl
    26 KB (3,967 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
  • *factories by firearms manufacturers, Some gunsmiths used their experience and skills to become small-operation manufacturers, specializing in making only a few types of gun parts, for sale to other gu
    28 KB (4,204 words) - 14:13, 9 April 2015
  • ...eding the comparatively wide tolerances within which commercial ammunition manufacturers operate. Where the most extreme accuracy is demanded, such as in rifle [[be ... that while they have some influence and scope for redress with ammunition manufacturers, they have no such influence over the actions of incompetent or over-ambiti
    59 KB (9,515 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
  • ...to weaponry since then was the modification of the [[SA-80]] rifle for the British Army, clearing up a number of issues, and the development of the lightweigh HK is also contracted to refurbish the [[SA80]] range of weapons for the British Army, mainly because at the time the contract was put out to tender HK was
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  • ...lighting conditions) as well as sound suppressors from several aftermarket manufacturers. [[Image:Police armed uk.jpg|thumb|right|British Authorised Firearms Officers armed with modified MP5s, with extended stocks
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  • All U.S. manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of defense articles, defense services, or related t ...the Defense Trade Advisory Group, that charging back fees discourages some manufacturers from registration.<ref name="state4"/>
    37 KB (5,605 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
  • ...eral different [[Telescopic sight#Mounting|mountings]] produced by various manufacturers were used. The Karabiner 98k was not designed for mounting telescopic sight ...ents from Arab attack as well as to carry out guerrilla operations against British Army forces in Palestine.
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  • [[Image:Khyberpassrifles.jpg|thumb|240px|Copies of British Martini and Snider firearms built in the Khyber region]][[Image:Webleypocke ...i, who live around the Khyber pass, were historically the most active arms manufacturers on the Frontier.
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  • |cartridge= [[.303 British|.303 Mk VII SAA Ball]] |used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand
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