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...o named because they were used against "common" targets) were in use up to 1871. Towards the end of this period they were fitted with a wooden disc called

...hurch and Gen. George Wingate formed the [[National Rifle Association]] in 1871 for the purpose of promoting and encouraging rifle shooting on a "scientifi

...arily used for target shooting matches in the United States starting about 1871, with the first official match shooting event, opening at Creedmoor, Long I ...ctions. These were originally built by Harrington & Richardson starting in 1871 <ref>[http://www.chuckhawks.com/nef_rifles.htm NEF Single Shot Rifles]</ref

* [[Springfield Model 1871]] "Springfield Rolling Block U.S. Army"

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... and Navy Co-operative Society Ltd.''' was a [[British]] company formed in 1871 by a group of army and navy officers. It was their intention to supply "art

|content= * [[1871]] &mdash; [[Danish]] [[rifle]] shooter and Olympic medalist [[Lars Jorgen M

Apparently, according to Johnson, although the NRA was founded in [[1871]], it wasn't until a black man became president that it decided to defend g

|production_date=1871-present ...g is the second oldest of the surviving rimfire cartridges, dating back to 1871, when it was loaded with a 29 grain (1.9 g) bullet and 5 grains (0.32 g) of

...lver]]s, Colt Model 1860 Army Long Cylinder Conversions and the Colt Model 1871/72 “Open Top” used the same cartridge. From 1875 until 1880, Colt produ ...t 120403, assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company on October 31, 1871. It has as its object the use of swaged and lubricated projectiles of great

... attributed to a Russian designer. The Colt replaced the .50 caliber Model 1871 Remington single shot pistol and the various cap-and-ball revolvers convert ...c Cartridge Company. Colt began work on their Single Action Army Model in 1871. The .476 Enfieled cartridge did not appear until 1882. The sample cartri

...xample, Norway has a pre-1885 threshold for rifles and shotguns, but a pre-1871 threshold for handguns. ...orway sets a pre-1885 antique threshold for rifles and shotguns, and a pre-1871 threshold for handguns.

*Gotz, Hans Dieter, ''German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols, 1871-1945'', Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1990. [http:/

...fle|Peabody]] derived [[Martini-Henry]] with trap-door loading, adopted in 1871.

|content= * [[1871]] &mdash; George R. Stetson’s U.S. Patent 120403 is assigned to the [[Win

|content= * [[1871]] &mdash; The [[National Rifle Association]] is granted a charter by the st