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...e instead of sportsmanship. Some governments, such as the [[United Kingdom|British]], have enacted restrictive gun control legislation that directly effects t ... are civilians using whatever rifles they prefer within the rules, whereas Service Rifle entrants are limited to current or previous U.S. armed forces weapons

For example, the contemporary [[Brown Bess]] [[musket]], in service with the British military from 1722 to 1838, 19 mm (.75 inch) smoothbore barrel, roughly the ...otguns based on the [[Martini-Henry]] rifle design, originally designed by British arms maker [[W.W. Greener]].

...ic]] (slower than the speed of sound) [[ammunition]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Sterling SMG|Sterling]] suppressor is 350 mm (13.78 in) long and 75 mm ...rers even claim service life in excess of 50,000 rounds, which exceeds the service life of most firearm barrels, this has not been confirmed.

|products= [[Revolvers]], [[Air Rifle]], [[Shotguns]] ...thumb|The famous [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk VI]], standard sidearm of the British Army 1915-1932]]

...Tranter, c. 1885]]'''William Tranter''' (1816-1890) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] gunmaker and gun designer famous for inventing the [[Tranter Revolver]]. ==Modifications and alterations on revolvers==

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...s." Based on the model of other middle-class co-operatives, such as Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London, 1864), the society issued tickets to it ...pre-1898 in Canada, for example), particularly late 19th century British [[revolvers]].

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...e "identification" of the firearm as being any one of 276 Smith and Wesson revolvers. ...French government. The French apparently did not like the location of the British Serial number -- which was on an uncontrolled spare part. The French numbe

... established cartridge arms was the [[Spencer repeating rifle]], which saw service in the American Civil War. It was named based on the chamber dimensions, r ...iameter of the lands or the grooves of the rifling; this is why the [[.303 British]], measured across the lands, actually uses a .311 inch bullet (7.70 mm vs.

...t was introduced in the closing months of WWII, but did not see widespread service until the Korean War, the Mau Mau uprising, and the Malayan Emergency. ... slightly different ballistically to the [[.30-06 Springfield]] and [[.303 British]] cartridges), along with several rifles such as the [[FN FAL]] and [[M14 r

...ominally) .30 inches (7.6 mm) caliber round designed in 1906; and the .303 British round may vary wildly in actual dimensions (as do the surviving rifle chamb [[Image:.303ammunition.jpeg|right|thumb|Rimmed, centerfire [[.303 British|.303 cartridge]] from WWII. Manufactured by Colonial Ammunition Company, Ne