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- ...OTD missing}}</includeonly><noinclude>'''This date needs an [[AOTD|Article of the Day]]</noinclude> ...Robert Adams]], after a falling out with the Deane brothers, founded the [[London Armoury Company]].690 B (86 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
- ...s.com/2006/09/10/world/middleeast/10supergun.html?pagewanted=print "Shades of Supergun Evoke Hussein’s Thirst for Arms - The New York Times"].</ref> ...ned their son for decades. Over the next few years the couple had a number of children, Bernice Gwendolyn Florence, Henry, Philis, Charles Esmond, Clyde,35 KB (5,787 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
- ... so named because its [[shrapnel]] pellets reminded soldiers of the seeds of this fruit. Grenadiers were originally soldiers who specialized in throwing ...t gun]]s, and the [[M203 grenade launcher]] can be fitted to several types of [[assault rifle]]s.35 KB (5,654 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
- [[File:revolver parts.jpg|thumb|570px|Anatomy of a revolver.]] ...b|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]]23 KB (3,659 words) - 14:44, 10 June 2015
- |name= London Armoury Company |founder= Robert Adams7 KB (1,109 words) - 16:56, 15 March 2013
- ...h table, specifically for [[wildcats]], may be added later or [[Talk:Table of cartridges by year|may be placed in its own page]]. | [[.450 Boxer]]/.450 Revolver/.450 [[Robert Adams of London|Adams]]13 KB (1,689 words) - 08:11, 30 May 2017
- ...in the looping [[trigger guard]] is the finger-operated trigger (for those of you who somehow didn't already know that).]] ...t actuates the firing of [[firearm]]s. Triggers almost universally consist of levers or buttons actuated by the index finger. Rare variations use the thu10 KB (1,685 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...00.jpg|thumb|The famous [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk VI]], standard sidearm of the British Army 1915-1932]] ...rifle]]s. Recently, however, Webley & Scott have re-started the production of [[shotgun]]s for commercial sale.14 KB (2,151 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...in 1830, at the age of 14, Tranter was apprenticed to the gunsmithing firm of Hollis Bros & Company. In 1839 a small legacy allowed him to buy out anothe ...red his own version of the Beaumont-Adams revolver, known as the [[Tranter-Adams-Kerr]].6 KB (933 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...e Boer War is often used as a cut-off event, although the exact definition of what constitutes an "Antique Firearm" varies from jurisdiction to jurisdict ... made many smokeless powder rifles manufactured in the 1890s quite capable of accurate shooting at long distances. In fact, many antique smokeless powder22 KB (3,110 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013