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The Lancaster pistol was a multi-barrelled (2 or 4 barrels) handgun produced in England in the mid to late 19th century, [1] chambered in a variety of centrefire pistol calibres—chiefly .38 S&W, .450 Adams, .455 Webley, and .577 inch. [2]
Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker, of 151 New Bond Street, London.He was born at 5 York Street, Portman Square, London, on 24 June 1820.On leaving school he entered his father's factory, where he practically learnt the business of a gunmaker and soon became a clever designer of models, a thoroughly skilled workman, and a mechanician of high order.
An 1892 advertisement for rook and rabbit rifles by the Charles Lancaster company.. The rook rifle, originally called the rook and rabbit rifle, is an obsolete English single-shot small calibre rifle intended for shooting small game, particularly rook shooting.
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In 1909 it was also listed in Charles Lancaster & Co's catalogue and the Webley & Scott trade catalogue of 1914. The cartridge was chambered in double rifles with Lancaster oval-bore rifling, as well as single shot falling block rifles and in Lee-action magazine rifles manufactured by both Westley Richards and Lancaster. [1] [2]
Buckingham Palace has shared a rare update on how King Charles is doing after his cancer diagnosis. According to the statement shared by the palace, Charles is expected to start easing back into ...