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[citation needed] Richards opened a gun shop in London in 1815 on New Bond Street. The shop was owned and managed by William Bishop, who was known as the Bishop of Bond Street. [4] It was stated in a book published by G. T. Teasdale-Buckell in 1900, that Bishop had served as a lieutenant. [5] Westley Richards' Cavalry carbine, 1865
This rifle was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being made at 100 to 300 yards (90 to 270 m) away. At Cacabelos, in 1809, Rifleman Tom Plunkett, of the 95th, shot the French General Colbert-Chabanais at a range allegedly of 400 yards (370 m). The rifle was in service in the British Army until the 1840s.
Share of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd., issued 18 July 1930. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome ...
The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle.
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Loading a 7.92×57mm Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle with a five-round stripper clip. A stripper clip (American English) or charger clip (Commonwealth English) is a speedloader that holds several pistol or rifle cartridges as a unit for easier loading into a firearm's internal box magazine. After the bolt is opened and the stripper clip is placed in ...
Virgin Wines Online Limited, [1] trading as Virgin Wines, is an online wine retailer based in the United Kingdom. The company was established in 2000 by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, and in 2005 was bought by Direct Wines. In November 2013, CEO Jay Wright, and the management team, supported by Mobeus Equity Partners and Connection Capital ...
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