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  2. THE RIFLES OF 1861.

    Air the latter end of 1860, a short paragraph, went "the round of the papers," to the effect that a new [?]ifla had been patented by an Edinburgh ganmaker. [?]lt was further stated that the inventor had, In n recent ...

    Article : 643 words
  3. THE "WHITWORTH." RIFLE.

    We have little to add with, respect to this rifle, Mr. Whitworth, as most of our readers are aware, was the first to inaugurate the present competition in the manufacture of the small bore rifles, and his great ...

    Article : 399 words
  4. THE "ENTIELD" RIFLR.

    It is now Rome ten years since the Board of Ordnance issued the first order for a supply of rifles with an expanding conical bullet. These rifles were 702 in the bore, and the pattern was a mere adaptation of ...

    Article : 736 words
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  6. KERR'S SMALL BORE RIFLE AND THE LONDON

    The Enfield Rifles manufactured by the London Armoury Company are well known to volunteers in every part of the country, for the excellence of their workmanship and finish has been attested in many a ...

    Article : 712 words
  7. CAPTAIN HANS BUSK'S "PERFECTED RIFLE"

    Hans Busk, whose name, owing to many interesting publications on the subject, is so intimately connected with rifles and ride-shooting, has recently produced a rifle of his own invention. The accounts ...

    Article : 594 words
  8. THE "TURNEA" RIFLE.

    We haye only to add, that the peculiar merit which Mr. Turner claims for his rifle consista in the absence of fouling—a great desideratum in a small bore rifle. We are given to understand that an experiment, ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. THE "EDGE" RIFLE.

    Mr. Edge, it will be known to many of our readers, was engaged by Mr. Joseph Whitworth, to assist him in setting up his well-known hexagonal rifle on its first introduction to the public. Combining theory ...

    Article : 436 words
  10. BREECH-LOADING RIFLES.

    Of the various breech-leading rifles of the present day, those of "Westley and Richards'" and "Terry" are the best known. The former, as most of our readers are aware, adopts the Whitworth principle of ...

    Article : 218 words
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